cattle thief

Example Sentences

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When he first arrived in Washington as a Congressman, he was, he says, taken for "just another cattle thief from Texas" by the House leaders who assigned him to minor committees.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no real pity in him for the fate of a cattle thief.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell

There had been a chase for a cattle thief.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur

There isn't a cattle thief or a bad man in this part of the country that won't run when he sees him—if he has the chance.

From Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains by Webster, Frank V.

"How would it suit you to have him live longer?" inquired a member of the opposite faction, suspected of being himself a cattle thief.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen