Poacher
(noun)
- A person who illegally takes or catches wild animals or fish.
- A person who enters someone else's property to hunt or fish without permission.
- Someone who hunts or fishes in violation of laws or regulations.
Origin:
From old french pochier, from pocher, 'to poke, stab'.
Examples:
- The poacher was caught with several illegal deer in his truck.
- The park rangers were on the lookout for poachers who were illegally fishing in the lake.
- The poacher was arrested for killing protected animals in the wildlife reserve.
- The poacher was fined for violating hunting and fishing laws.
- The poacher was sentenced to community service for illegally hunting on private property.