In ancient Roman law, a person who steals or drives away cattle; a cattle thief.
From Latin 'abigeus,' derived from 'abigere' (to drive away), composed of 'ab-' (away) + 'agere' (to drive). Used as a legal term in Roman jurisprudence.
Ancient Romans were so organized about crime that they literally had Latin terms for specific types of thieves—'abigeus' for cattle thieves, showing that even 2,000 years ago, different crimes had different names in law!
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