poacher
noun
1 poacher
Someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another.
Roget 792:
thief,
robber,
homo triumliterarum [Lat.],
pilferer,
rifler,
filcher†,
plagiarist.
spoiler,
depredator,
pillager,
marauder;
harpy,
shark [Slang],
land shark,
falcon,
mosstrooper†,
bushranger†,
Bedouin†,
brigand,
freebooter,
bandit,
thug,
dacoit†;
pirate,
corsair,
viking,
Paul Jones†,
buccaneer,
buccanier†;
piqueerer†,
pickeerer†;
rover,
ranger,
privateer,
filibuster;
rapparee†,
wrecker,
picaroon†;
smuggler,
poacher;
abductor,
badger [Slang],
bunko man,
cattle thief,
chor†,
contrabandist†,
crook,
hawk,
holdup man,
hold-up [U.S.],
jackleg [U.S.],
kidnaper,
rustler,
cattle rustler,
sandbagger,
sea king,
skin [Slang],
sneak thief,
spieler†,
strong-arm man [U.S.].
highwayman,
Dick Turpin,
Claude Duval,
Macheath,
footpad,
sturdy beggar.
cut purse,
pick purse;
pickpocket,
light-fingered gentry;
sharper;
card sharper,
skittle sharper;
thimblerigger;
rook [Slang],
Greek,
blackleg,
leg,
welsher [Slang];
defaulter;
Autolycus†,
Jeremy Diddler†,
Robert Macaire,
artful dodger,
trickster;
swell mob [Slang],
chevalier d'industrie [Fr.];
shoplifter.
swindler,
peculator;
forger,
coiner;
fence,
receiver of stolen goods,
duffer;
smasher.
burglar,
housebreaker;
cracksman†,
magsman [Slang];
Bill Sikes,
Jack Sheppard,
Jonathan Wild.
gang
[group of thieves],
gang of thieves,
theft ring;
organized crime,
mafia,
the Sicilian Mafia,
the mob,
la cosa nostra [It].
[famous thieves],
Dillinger,
Al Capone;
Robin Hood.
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Polish: kłusownik
2 poacher
A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs).
3 poacher
Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters.
synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker.
Dutch: wildstroper
Moby thesaurus: body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer, prowler, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sneak thief, stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief ... show more.
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