cattle rustler
Steals ranch animals
A cattle rustler is someone who steals cattle, typically by driving them off ranches or ranges.
The term evokes the American Old West, where rustling was a serious crime often punished by hanging.
Modern cattle rustling still occurs, though now it may involve trucks rather than horses: The rancher lost fifty head to rustlers last month.
- outlawFugitive from justice
- banditArmed roadside thief
- dead or aliveIn any vital state
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
livestock · herd · horseback · frontier · stolen goods · thief · ranch · prairie · wanted · posse · maverick · steer · corral · open range · nightrider · brand · barbed wire · saddle
cattle rustlerrancher
One who raises livestock
cattle rancher · stockman · cattleman · cattle farmer · landowner
cattle rustlercattle guard
Pit grate blocking livestock
ranch hand · sheriff · lawman · range rider · night watchman