What is another word for poachers?

Pronunciation: [pˈə͡ʊt͡ʃəz] (IPA)

Some possible synonyms for the word "poachers" could include illegal hunters, game thieves, wildlife smugglers, bushmeat traders, or black market traders. All of these terms describe individuals or organizations who engage in the unlawful and often destructive practice of taking animals from the wild for profit or personal gain. While poaching can take many forms and target a wide variety of species, it is generally regarded as a serious threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable ecosystems. Efforts to combat poaching include law enforcement, public education, and the creation of alternative economic opportunities for people in affected communities.

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What are the hypernyms for Poachers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    hunters, game hunters, game stealers, game takers, hunters of wild game, poach-errs.

Usage examples for Poachers

So the rook-poachers go up the trees in the dead of night; and as the old rooks would make a tremendous noise and so attract attention, they carry a lantern with them, the light from which silences the birds.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
When he could stand the audacity of the poachers no longer, he broke out, as recounted, in the summer of 1844, again in the following year, and once more in 1847, into a practical prosecution.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
A note from Heggs, my head-keeper-about some poachers.
"A Maker of History"
E. Phillips Oppenheim

Famous quotes with Poachers

  • Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
    Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
  • Although written many years ago, has just been reissued by Grove Press, and this fictional account of the day-by-day life of an English gamekeeper is still of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant-raising, the apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties of the professional gamekeeper. Unfortunately, one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour these sidelights on the management of a Midland shooting estate, and in this reviewer's opinion this book cannot take the place of J. R. Miller's .
    D. H. Lawrence

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