Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of poach
nounpoaching (countable and uncountable, plural poachings)
plural poachings
- countableuncountableIllegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.
Translations
Arabic صَيْد جَائِر
- صَيْد جَائِر (ṣayd jāʔir)trespassing in search of game
Bulgarian бракониерство
- бракониерство (brakonierstvo)trespassing in search of game
Chinese Mandarin 偷獵 /偷猎
- 偷獵 /偷猎 (tōuliè)trespassing in search of game
Czech pytláctví
- pytláctvítrespassing in search of game
Dutch wildstropen, wildstroperij
- wildstropentrespassing in search of game
- wildstroperijtrespassing in search of game
Esperanto ŝtelĉasado
- ŝtelĉasadotrespassing in search of game
Finnish salametsästys
- salametsästystrespassing in search of game
French braconnage
- braconnagetrespassing in search of game
German Wilderei, Wildern
- Wildereitrespassing in search of game
- Wilderntrespassing in search of game
- Wilddiebereitrespassing in search of game
- Wilddiebstahltrespassing in search of game
- Jagdfreveltrespassing in search of game
- Wildfreveltrespassing in search of game
- Jagdvergehentrespassing in search of game
Greek λαθροθηρία
- λαθροθηρία (lathrothiría)trespassing in search of game
Hungarian orvvadászat
- orvvadászattrespassing in search of game
Indonesian perburuan liar
- perburuan liartrespassing in search of game
Italian bracconaggio
- bracconaggiotrespassing in search of game
Japanese 密猟
- 密猟 (mitsuryō)trespassing in search of game
Polish kłusownictwo
- kłusownictwotrespassing in search of game
Portuguese caça furtiva
- caça furtivatrespassing in search of game
Russian браконье́рство
- браконье́рство (brakonʹjérstvo)trespassing in search of game
Scottish Gaelic poidseadh
- poidseadhtrespassing in search of game
Spanish furtivismo, caza furtiva
- furtivismotrespassing in search of game
- caza furtivatrespassing in search of game
- pesca furtivatrespassing in search of game
- talado furtivotrespassing in search of game
- recolección furtivatrespassing in search of game
- cazata ilegaltrespassing in search of game
- cinegética clandestinatrespassing in search of game
- montería ilícitatrespassing in search of game
Swahili ujangili
- ujangilitrespassing in search of game
Swedish tjuvfiske, tjuvjakt
- tjuvfisketrespassing in search of game
- tjuvjakttrespassing in search of game
Turkish kaçak avcılık
- kaçak avcılıktrespassing in search of game
Ukrainian браконьє́рство
- браконьє́рство (brakonʹjérstvo)trespassing in search of game
Cite this entry
APA
poaching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poaching
MLA
“poaching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poaching. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poaching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poaching.
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