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/əˈbɪd͡ʒi.ət/ · noun
(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it..
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.
Use abigeat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abigeat means (archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it..
Common synonyms include rustling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […]
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