bushrange

English

Etymology

Back-formation from bushranger.

Verb

bushrange (third-person singular simple present bushranges, present participle bushranging, simple past and past participle bushranged)

1. (Australia, historical) To practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.
   • 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 37:

     Monte related to Johnnie Gilbert (even if he as a flash cove) because he chose to bushrange and never blamed anybody for driving him to it.