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What (who) is rustling - definition

ACT OF STEALING CATTLE

Cattle Rustling; Abigeus; Rustling; Cattle raid; Cattle rustling; Cattle-raid; Cattle rustlers; Cattle rustler; Cattle-rustling; Abactor; Cattle duffing; Abaction; Stock theft; Livestock rustling; Stole cattle

rustling

a.

Whispering, susurrous.

Rustling

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Rustle.

rustling

1.

Rustling is the activity of stealing farm animals, especially cattle. (mainly AM)

...cattle rustling and horse stealing.

N-UNCOUNT: usu n N

2.

see also rustle

Wikipedia

Cattle raiding

Cattle raiding is the act of stealing cattle. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the perpetrator as a duffer.In other areas, especially in Queensland, the practice is known as poddy-dodging with the perpetrator known as a poddy-dodger. In North America, especially in the Wild West cowboy culture, cattle theft is dubbed rustling, while an individual who engages in it is a rustler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle raiding

Examples of use of rustling

1. After each shout, they listened closely for rustling brush.

2. The only sound is wind rustling through the grasses.

3. Amid the ever–present chorus of bird song, they heard a rustling.

4. As we watch the gangsters in the dark I hear a rustling.

5. Nevertheless, he insisted, these particular farms have not been hard hit by rustling.