Abigeus
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thief who steals livestock in large quantities. UK, obsolete
"In the Civil Law, he was accounted an Abigeus who carried off one Horse or one Ox, or four Swine or ten Sheep; if he took a smaller Number of Swine or Sheep, he was reckoned a Fur rather than an Abigeus."
Example
More examples"In the Civil Law, he was accounted an Abigeus who carried off one Horse or one Ox, or four Swine or ten Sheep; if he took a smaller Number of Swine or Sheep, he was reckoned a Fur rather than an Abigeus."
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin abigeus.
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