Abigeat

ABIGEAT - A particular kind of larceny, which is committed not by taking and carrying away the property from one place to another, but by driving a living thing away with an intention of feloniously appropriating the same.

ABIGEI - Stealers of cattle, who were punished with more severity than other thieves.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.