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
A story of the Southwest that tells how the law came to a cow-town, dominated by a cattle thief.
From Kid Scanlan by Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles)
There was no real pity in him for the fate of a cattle thief.
From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell
With him appeared also the cattle thief, making his living on free beef, as he had once on the free buffalo of the plains.
From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson
Worse, it branded him for all time as a cattle thief, with every man's hand against him.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy
