Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: The crime of stealing or driving off cattle in droves.
- noun A miscarriage procured by art.
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- noun archaic Theft of
cattle by driving it away with the intention offeloniously appropriating it.
Etymologies
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From Latin abigeatus, from the verb ab agō ("to drive")
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