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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 May 2024
For decades, Amur tiger populations were decimated by deforestation, trophy hunting and poaching.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poach. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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poach
1 of 2 verbpoach
2 of 2 verbVerb
Middle English pochen "to boil an egg without its shell so that the white covers the yolk like a bag," from early French pocher (same meaning), from earlier pochier, literally, "to put into a bag," from poche "bag, pocket"
Verb
from early French pocher "to hunt or fish unlawfully"
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