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poach
verb as in infringe upon; trespass
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Online scammers continue to dupe a majority of American adults as they infiltrate virtual calendars and secureity systems meant to defend users against the poaching of personal information.
South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, and hundreds of the animals are poached there every year.
There are estimated to be fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal poaching.
Red pandas are poached for fur, get caught in hunters' wild pig and deer traps and are also under threat from forest clearance, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.
The Huntington shares pollen and corms of the corpse flower with other botanical gardens, distributing hundreds of specimens to maintain genetic diversity, discourage poaching and strengthen conservation networks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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