rustlers

Perhaps word rustlers tell themselves they will never be caught, and indeed, unlikely combinations of events may be necessary for a theft to be exposed.

The Sincerest Flattery 2008

Malheur County Sheriff Andrew Bentz figures the rustlers are a small group, more like a family than a gang, with the horseback skills to drive a herd hundreds of miles in rough country to read a road good enough to handle a cattle truck.

WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

Malheur County Sheriff Andrew Bentz figures the rustlers are a small group, more like a family than a gang, with the horseback skills to drive a herd hundreds of miles in rough country to read a road good enough to handle a cattle truck.

WSBTV.com - Local News 2010

Anthony Quinn stands in for the minority quotient as the token Mexican and the two other "rustlers" are the poor slobs who where lynched by the small town ranchers and shop keepers in the posse.

"You're a racist! We're a racist! Everybody's a racist! But you can overcome your racism in the face of an imminently exploding car..." Ann Althouse 2008

Diamond X had suffered from depredations of the "rustlers," as they were called, doubtless from the fact that they "rustled" or "hustled" cattle that were not their own, off lawful ranges.

The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker

He pointed out that the "rustlers" were well organized and strongly fortified, each cabin, in fact, constituting a miniature fortress.

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923

At length the wagon of the child "rustlers" rattled down the street to the door.

Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886

About ten days after the above adventure, Paul learned that his hospitable friends were notorious "rustlers" the western name for cattle thieves, and that on the very day he left their camp, they had been rounded up by a party of ranchers and every one of them shot to death.

The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881

'rustlers' didn't know we had started when they lifted the cattle from the pool, they'd know something was up when all the boys were away and that we could follow the trail to the mountains.

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

"rustlers" were jubilant and settled down to what promised to be a year of undisturbed "operations."

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923