bushranging

English

Etymology

From bush +‎ ranging.

Verb

bushranging

1. present participle and gerund of bushrange

Noun

bushranging (uncountable)

1. (Australia, historical) The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
   • 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 63:

     It appeared that two lads of about eighteen had had their minds unhinged by bushranging literature, and for some imagined slight had murdered the mother and daughter.