Meaning of Rustling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The rounding up and theft of animals, cattle in particular.
   uncountable
2. A series of rustles.

Equivalents

Examples

“And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.”

“I hear a rustling in the bushes off to my right, and my trigger finger spasms.”

“The time in the paintings is also deepened by furtive movements and rustlings, mostly thanks to Bonnard’s figures.”

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