Abactor (noun)
ab-ak-ter
A person who steals livestock, especially herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away.
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Henry Hammond (1605–1660), Church of England clergyman and theologian. From classical Latin abactor cattle-thief (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) from abact-, past participial stem of abigere to drive away, specifically to drive away cattle + -or.
Example sentences
“The estate had been trying to catch the abactor for months with little success.”
