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abactionnoun
A legal term for carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abactionnoun
Stealing cattle on a large scale.
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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.
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Abactionnoun
stealing cattle on a large scale
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abaction in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abaction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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