What does the poach mean?
1 : to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something. 2 : to trespass for the purpose of stealing game also : to take game or fish illegally. transitive verb. What does poach mean slang? to persuade someone who works for someone else to come and work for you: They were furious when one of their best managers was poached by another company. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.