rustler
Steals branded livestock
A rustler is someone who steals livestock, especially cattle or horses.
The term evokes the American frontier, where cattle rustling was a serious crime often punished by hanging.
More broadly, rustler can mean anyone who hustles or scrounges resourcefully: She's a real rustler when it comes to finding bargains.
Mounted cattle herder
- frontierEdge of settlement
- outlawFugitive from justice
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
posse · wanted · bounty · gunslinger · hideout · lawless · notorious · gang
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
sheriff · posse · wanted · bounty · gunslinger · hideout · lawless · notorious · gang · fugitive
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
roundup · herd · steer · heifer · range · pasture · stockyard · poacher · larceny · stolen
sneak
Move with stealth
furtive · covert · shadow · elude · silent · undetected · nightfall · skulk · stealthy · cunning
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- rustle upInformally prepare or gather
- rustling leavesFoliage stirred by wind
- cattle rustlingStealing livestock, especially cows
- cattle rustlerOne who steals livestock
- paper rustlingSound of sheets moving