abigeat
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abigeat
- /əˈbɪd͡ʒi.ət/
Where it comes from
From Latin abigeatus, from the verb ab agō (“to drive”).
noun
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Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
But the driving away of goods, or taking away, and detaining, another mans boat, without violence, by the number of 10 preſent, is a wrong, unwarrantable, and oppreſſive act, and a ſort of abigeat and thift, but is not properly a ryot […]
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Talk about this word "abigeat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abigeat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. abigeat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abigeat "abigeat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abigeat.Cite this
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title = {abigeat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abigeat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
