Abigeat

//əˈbɪd͡ʒi.ət//

"Abigeat" in a Sentence (3 examples)

But the driving away of goods, or taking away, and detaining, another mans boat, without violence, by the number of 10 preſent, is a wrong, unwarrantable, and oppreſſive act, and a ſort of abigeat and thift, but is not properly a ryot […]

The contracting Republics [...] do hereby agree, reciprocally, to surrender persons [...] having committed [...] any of the following crimes, to wit: homicide, [...] abigeat (cattle stealing), [...] and, in general, any crime or offense

The shepherds of the Golden Age let their flocks out to pasture without fearing the abigeat, they feared only the wild beasts.

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