noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
turn
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Now that the gamekeeper has turned poacher , it is not clear whether Fabius will fight as hard as his predecessor for money.
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It was on the principle of turning the poacher into the gamekeeper.
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The gamekeeper, it would seem, had turned poacher , leaving much of society undefended.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At night my fields are more alive with poachers than rabbits.
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Even the villain, Perry, a polar bear poacher out to capture Cubby, is a familiar, unsurprising manifestation.
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His son built a stone wall high enough to keep the poachers out, with handsome wrought-iron gates.
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It was on the principle of turning the poacher into the gamekeeper.
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Lots more were nets confiscated from poachers at various times, nets of all colours, lengths and mesh sizes.
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The accused steals the grouse from both the poacher and the landowner.
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The animal then has bright numbers painted on its back, both to aid further identification and demonstrate its worthlessness to poachers.