cattle thief

1. 1.

   someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)

   Synonymsrustler

   Broaderthief

Questions about cattle thief

What does cattle thief mean?

cattle thief means "someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)".

What is another word for cattle thief?

Close synonyms include rustler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cattle thief a common word?

cattle thief is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.