1 to cook food (especially fish or eggs) gently in a small amount of liquid （尤指鱼或蛋放在少量水中用文火）煮: poached eggs 水煮荷包蛋

2 to hunt animals illegally on sb else's land （在他人土地）偷猎，偷捕: The men were caught poaching elephants. 那几个人偷猎大象当场被捉到。

3 to take an idea from sb else and use it as though it is your own 盗用，窃取（点子）

4 to take members of staff from another company in an unfair way 挖走（别家公司的职员）