Poacher

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poacher \Poach"er\ (p[=o]ch"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish
        contrary to law.
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     2. (Zool.) The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.]


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     {Sea poacher} (Zool.), the lyrie.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  poacher
       n 1: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of
            another
       2: a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or
          eggs)
       3: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony
          plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn: {sea
          poacher}, {sea poker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "poacher":
     body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook,
     den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter,
     grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber,
     larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer,
     prowler, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sneak thief,
     stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief