abigeat

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abigeatus, from the verb ab agō (“to drive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈbɪd͡ʒi.ət/ === Noun === abigeat (uncountable) (archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it. 1676 [published 1848], John Lauder, Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs, T. Constable, vol 1., page 101: 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 […] ==== Synonyms ==== (theft of cattle): rustling ==== Translations ==== === See also === abactor rustle == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bi.ʒa/, /a.bi.ʒe.a/ === Noun === abigeat m (plural abigeats) (law, historical, archaic) alternative form of abigéat === Further reading === “abigeat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === tabagie