poacher
偷猎者,偷盗者,偷窃者,偷渡者
Definitions
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- : a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- : Also called sea-poacher. any of several slender, marine fishes of the family Agonidae, found chiefly in deeper waters of the North Pacific, having the body covered with bony plates.
Examples
These animals may be especially restless because they must be on high alert for poachers.
Over three years, he traveled some 12,000 nautical miles and reported on the traffickers, pirates, poachers, and other clandestine characters who operate outside the reach of authorities.
A boy kills a poacher, whereupon his father and grandfather argues about what to do.
Instead, he finds a poacher, raises his rifle, and fires a lethal blast.
The very best and most daring poacher I know lives within five-and-twenty minutes' journey from Waterloo.
No burglar ever brags of his exploits; the poacher always boasts, and always receives applause.
And he is not a poacher and a snarer, and I don't know what all, leading a lawless life, and thieving for his living?
Dafydd, who had the eyes of a river-poacher, knew both the cart and the two men who rode on the load.
“Thanks, maiden, you are kind and considerate to an avowed poacher,” replied Edward.