rustle has definitions from the field of criminal law
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[ verb ] make a dry crackling sound

Examples

"rustling silk" "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

Used in print

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

She fell_asleep leaning_on her hand , hearing the house creaking as_though it were a living a private life of its own these two hundred years , hearing the birds rustling in their cages and the occasional whirring of wings as one of them landed on the table and walked across the newspaper to perch in the crook of her arm .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Miss_Ada had giggled , and she went sweeping and rustling to the couch and sank down .

Then Miss_Ada had stood_up , rustling and rustling , and gone upstairs .

Then Miss_Ada had stood_up , rustling and rustling , and gone upstairs .

Related terms

go

2
[ verb ] (criminal law) take illegally, as of cattle

Synonyms

lift

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

The small half-heartedly tended fields of men who 'd spent more time rustling cattle than farming were lying fallow .

The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field_glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper_Laramie country in a single week .

Related terms

steal crime

3
[ noun ] the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

Related terms

noise

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