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Recent Examples of poacher
Some of the country’s most iconic species, including rhinos, elephants, and lions, are being systematically slaughtered by poachers, who are funded and supported by criminal gangs.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2025
But the 23-year-old remains more of a link-up player than a penalty-box poacher, and contributed as little to United’s anaemic attack as anyone else, struggling to bring team-mates into the game in the second half.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Elephants are often snatched by poachers who commit atrocities ranging from killing mothers in front of their children to repeatedly stabbing baby elephants into submission.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Three wildlife champions — from those on the frontline of the fight to preserve species endangered by poachers to one working to safeguard marine life — were picked for recognition.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2025
But the 23-year-old remains more of a link-up player than a penalty-box poacher, and contributed as little to United’s anaemic attack as anyone else, struggling to bring team-mates into the game in the second half.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Elephants are often snatched by poachers who commit atrocities ranging from killing mothers in front of their children to repeatedly stabbing baby elephants into submission.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Three wildlife champions — from those on the frontline of the fight to preserve species endangered by poachers to one working to safeguard marine life — were picked for recognition.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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As the vessel entered U.S. waters, a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations patrol boat crew turned on its flashing lights and sirens to signal the smugglers to pull over, according to the complaint.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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Human smugglers are rampant in this part of the world, meeting the demands of thousands of would-be migrants each year.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Many hunters have wrestled with how seriously to take the threat of CWD.—
Jim Robbin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Then in December 2010, more than 12 years after Rutledge’s disappearance, a hunter stumbled across a human skull — but no other remains — in the woods near the Cumberland River in Nashville about 30 or 40 yards from the road, according to police.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2023
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Hikers on the Hidden Valley trail, above, made their way along a one-mile loop that winds among massive boulders, through what is rumored to have been a cattle rustler’s hide-out.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2021
Noun
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Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.—
M. Z. Adnan,
The New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2024
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An outdoorsman and falconer, Kennedy sued companies and government agencies over pollution in the Hudson River and its watershed.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2024
Noun
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This location can be found north of Tachov in the forests beside a bandit camp.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The bandit wheeled and snarled at Herod, exposing his rotting front teeth.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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More places for sightings There are plenty of places for solo birders to explore, too, starting in Brighton with Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road.—
Jamie Siebrase,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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The event attracted nearly 67,000 birders last year, who reported almost 8,000 species worldwide.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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Who didn't want to be like those kids going on adventures involving gangsters, pirate ships and best friends?—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Like a ‘pirate ship’ Goss has done four separate stints as a guardian in London, in an empty police station, a nursing home for the elderly, a student residence hall and, finally, a town hall.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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