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CATTLE THIEF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cattle thief mean? 

CATTLE THIEF (noun)
  The noun CATTLE THIEF has 1 sense:

1. someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)play

  Familiarity information: CATTLE THIEF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATTLE THIEF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cattle thief; rustler

Hypernyms ("cattle thief" is a kind of...):

stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)


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