/poʊtʃ/
poach
BrE /pəʊtʃ/
NAmE /poʊtʃ/
[T]
~ sth
to cook food, especially fish, gently in a small amount of liquid
poached salmon
[T]
~ sth
to cook an egg gently in nearly boiling water after removing its shell
[T, I]
~ (sth)
to illegally hunt birds, animals or fish on sb else’s property or without permission
The elephants are poached for their tusks.
[T, I]
~ (sb/sth) (from sb/sth)
to take and use sb/sth that belongs to sb/sth else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way
The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.
I hope I’m not poaching on your territory (= doing sth that is actually your responsibility).