POACHED Synonyms

• reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted

• wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

• of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

• having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

• distributed or sold illicitly

• understood in a certain way; made sense of

• be affected with an indisposition

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• pull away from the body

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

• a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

• any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

• the act of taking of a person by force

• the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

• succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

• attract; cause to be enamored

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• catch in or as if in a trap

• make off with belongings of others

• a mechanical device for gripping an object

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• get hold of or seize quickly and easily

• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand

• obtain illegally or unscrupulously

• take or grasp suddenly

• capture the attention or imagination of

• seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

• take arbitrarily or by force

• seize control of

• make off with belongings of others

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• take hold of; grab

• take or capture by force

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• hook by a pull on the line

• affect

• capture the attention or imagination of

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• a sweeping stroke or blow

• strike with a swiping motion

• make off with belongings of others