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Recent Examples of rustler
The 20-track LP serves as equal parts music and cinema in which Crockett weaves a tale of McLane as a cattle rustler on the run from the law who — eventually — gets his redemption.
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes.
—Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
The friendship between the lawman (played by Barry Sullivan) and the gun-toting rustler was fictionalized and greatly exaggerated over the show’s 75 episodes; many historians believe that Garrett actually shot and killed Billy in 1881.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
The friendship between the lawman (played by Barry Sullivan) and the gun-toting rustler was fictionalized and greatly exaggerated over the show’s 75 episodes; many historians believe that Sheriff Garrett actually shot and killed Billy in 1881.
—New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022
The rustler is usually a beekeeper or someone familiar with the transportation of bees.
—Fox News, 22 Feb. 2022
Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes.
—Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
The friendship between the lawman (played by Barry Sullivan) and the gun-toting rustler was fictionalized and greatly exaggerated over the show’s 75 episodes; many historians believe that Garrett actually shot and killed Billy in 1881.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
The friendship between the lawman (played by Barry Sullivan) and the gun-toting rustler was fictionalized and greatly exaggerated over the show’s 75 episodes; many historians believe that Sheriff Garrett actually shot and killed Billy in 1881.
—New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022
The rustler is usually a beekeeper or someone familiar with the transportation of bees.
—Fox News, 22 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustler
Noun
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Residents of the Altamonte Springs neighborhood of Spring Oaks reported finding human feces on vehicles, mailboxes and in yards before surveillance video pointed the finger at her as the crapping bandit.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Bernthal, who plays Sonny, has his own wayward machismo and hapless sensitivity, the very qualities that made Al Pacino unforgettable in the role of the bungling bandit with a Catholic conscience.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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Police operations led to the arrest of 480 smugglers last year, the French Interior Ministry said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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The sybaritic highwayman Macheath maneuvers between a cutthroat capitalist milieu (Mr. and Mrs. Peachum) and a corrupt police force (led by Tiger Brown) while seducing daughters from both worlds (Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown).—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Forced into an uneasy alliance with a sharp-witted poacher living on the margins of society (Kellyman), the two women fight back, turning their powerlessness into strength through violence, wit, and defiance.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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But this was the kind of poacher’s goal, from an unmarked position towards the far post, that has sustained his career — and was why Everton were interested in January.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Why are pirates called pirates?—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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There’s a spacecraft and a robot and pirate references, all catnip for sci-fi and dystopia lovers and all very well done.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Finally, lean the tool towards the side of the footpad.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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The sturdy table has anti-slip footpads to keep it firmly in place.—
Melody Kazel,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay.—
Fran J. Ruiz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
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The revelations get familial, psychological, and stunning, as do Joudrey’s conversations with the kidnapper, now in prison.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Armando Chaguaceda, a Cuban historian, compared the regime to a kidnapper blaming his hostages’ suffering on those calling for their release.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Rustler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustler. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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