POACHING

To cook something in simmering liquid.

To be cooked in simmering liquid

To become soft or muddy.

To make soft or muddy.

Example: "Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."

To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.

To force, drive, or plunge into anything.

To begin and not complete.

To take game or fish illegally.

To take anything illegally or unfairly.

To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.