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How to use poacher in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Poacher means a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild. Example: “Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.”

Examples of poacher by meaning

nounAn attacker with good movement inside the penalty box.

  • Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
  • Merino, a veritable poacher these days, is there first.2026 July 10, Billy Munday, “Spain 2-1 Belgium: World Cup 2026 quarter-final”, in the Guardian, →ISSN

More sentences with poacher

  • Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.From the entry oversee
  • As poachers target elephants with large tusks, the species may be slowly evolving towards tusklessness.From the entry tusklessness
  • The council took punitive measures against poachers.From the entry punitive
  • He might be concealing the names of the scientists to keep them from offers by poachers.2020, Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds. From the entry mislog
  • Adult caimans have no predators except human poachers.2010, Carrol L. Henderson, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, page 164. From the entry caiman
  • Unfortunately, the number of truck-owning Tibetan and Chinese poachers in certain parts of the Changtang is increasing rapidly.2002, Michel Peissel, Tibet: The Secret Continent, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33. From the entry Changtang
  • When President Roosevelt appointed Kennedy to the Securities Exchange Commission, he was acting on the "poacher turned gamekeeper" principle.1938, The Strand Magazine, volume 95, page 373. From the entry poacher turned gamekeeper
  • Poachers and blackguards every one of them.1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 8, in Red Money. From the entry string up
  • Our path across the trackless Changtang was littered with the impressive skulls and horns of wild yaks slaughtered by the modern-day poachers of Tibet.2002, Michel Peissel, Tibet: The Secret Continent, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33. From the entry Changtang

Meaning of poacher

  1. noun A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
  2. noun A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water.
  3. noun An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box.

Full definition of poacher

Questions about poacher in a sentence

How do you use poacher in a sentence?
Poacher is used as a noun. For example: “Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.”
What is a short sentence with poacher?
“Poachers and blackguards every one of them.”
What does poacher mean?
Poacher means a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

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