Poach

Verb

 * 1)  to cook something in simmering water
 * 2) (derived from this) as in "cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."

Verb

 * 1)  to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someone's property
 * 2)  to take anything illegally or unfairly
 * 3)  to cause an employee or customer to switch from a competing company to your own company

Derived terms

 * poachable
 * unpoached

Thesaurus
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, boil, boost, borrow, braise, brew, broil, brown, coddle, cook, cop, crib, curry, defraud, devil, do, do to perfection, embezzle, extort, filch, fire, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, griddle, grill, heat, hook, lift, make off with, nip, oven-bake, palm, pan, pan-broil, parboil, pilfer, pinch, prepare, prepare food, purloin, roast, run away with, rustle, saute, scallop, scrounge, sear, shirr, shoplift, simmer, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, steam, stew, stir-fry, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, toast, walk off with

Etymology 2
From pocher: from  pochier:

Verb

 * Esperanto: poĉi
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: poširanje
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 偷獵, 偷猎
 * Finnish: salametsästää, metsästää salaa, kalastaa salaa
 * French: braconner
 * German:


 * Japanese: 密猟, 密漁
 * Russian: заниматься браконьерством (zanimát'sja brakon'jérstvom)
 * Scottish Gaelic: poidsig
 * Swedish: tjuvjaga


 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 横取りする (yokodori-suru)


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Russian: переманивать, переманить

Anagrams

 * copha, phoca