rustler has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)

Synonyms

cattle_thief

Used in print

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

For less_than a dozen miles from the unplowed land of the dead man lived another settler who had ignored the warnings that his existence might be foreclosed on - a blatant and defiant rustler named Fred_Powell .

`` Tom '' , a friend asked him once , `` how_come you bushwhacked them rustlers ?

The tall sunburnt rustler hunter stared in amazement .

Related terms

thief rustle

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