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poach on (one's) territory

To encroach on an area of land or part of a market that one currently controls or has jurisdiction over. The telecom giant has launched a legal campaign against the new service in an effort to prevent it from poaching on its territory. The indigenous tribe was awarded a huge reparation payment after a federal court agreed that the government had unlawfully poached on their territory for hundreds of years.
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poach on someone's territory

encroach on someone else's rights.
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North Yorkshire Police have joined Operation Galileo, a major clampdown on poaching offences.
He said poaching by foreign fishermen, including Vietnamese fishermen, in Malaysian waters was among the issues discussed during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
I strongly believe we can save lions by banning all markets trading in lion claws, teeth, bones and skin to curb poaching. KWS should also minimise human-lion interactions in the rangelands which results in conflicts.
Elephants are one of the most sought-after creatures for poaching, primarily for their ivory tusks.
"This evidence suggests that ivory poaching on the scale of hundreds of elephants per year has been occurring in northern Botswana since 2017 or possibly earlier," the report said.
Something needs to be done to stop illegal poaching so that the animals don't become extinct," said Mr Malau.Mr Bakari Bunu, who is the conservancy's advisor, said the organisation has already embarked on door-to-door campaigns to equip the local community with knowledge concerning the importance of turtles.
The research, which included scientists from the universities of Freiburg, York, and the Convention for the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), reveals a decline in annual poaching mortality rate from an estimated peak of over 10 % in 2011 to less than 4 % in 2017.
She also briefed the participants about SMART, which is a technology based framework to control wildlife poaching and illegal trade of wildlife.
The poaching liquid is then reduced down and made into a delicious caramel sauce, which has a lovely sour kick to offset the sweetness of the sugar and adds plenty of flavour to the subtle taste of the pear.
This was the sole case of urial poaching in the last six months in which the poachers were apprehended.
Two fishing vessels with 20 Vietnamese fishermen were caught poaching off Mangsee Island in Palawan last May 19, the military said on Wednesday.
A Jodhpur court will pronounce its verdict in the 1998 black buck poaching case against actor Salman Khan and others on Thursday.
The environmentalists installed a special board of fines for wildlife poaching on Bishkek - Balykchy highway in Boom gorge, the State Agency of Environmental Protection and Forestry reports.
It's also at the epicenter of a poaching crisis driven by consumer demand in Asia for rhino horns.