Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one who feloniously drives away or steals a herd or numbers of cattle at once, in distinction from one who steals a single beast or a few.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law), obsolete One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
Etymologies
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From Late Latin abactor ("cattle rustler"), from abigō ("drive away"); from ab ("from, away from") + agō ("drive").
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sionnach commented on the word abactor
cattle thief
October 20, 2007
madmouth commented on the word abactor
unlikeliest definition ever 0.0
April 18, 2009