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  1. abactionnoun

    A legal term for carrying away by force, especially of animals.

  2. abactionnoun

    Stealing cattle on a large scale.

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  1. abaction

    Cattle raiding is the act of stealing cattle. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the perpetrator as a duffer. In North America, especially in the Wild West cowboy culture, cattle theft is dubbed rustling, while an individual who engages in it is a rustler.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abactionnoun

    stealing cattle on a large scale

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Abaction

    ab-ak′shun, n. (law) the stealing of a number of cattle at once.—n. Abac′tor, one who does this. [L. abigĕre, abactum, to drive off.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of abaction in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of abaction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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