vbl. sb. Also -rangering. [see prec.] The practice of the bush-ranger; the attacking and robbing of travellers or settlers in the bush. Also attrib.
1826. Morn. Chron., 5 July, 2/3. Bush-Ranging; a subject of considerable interest at the present time, when Van Diemen’s Land is almost threatened with destruction by it.
1832. Ht. Martineau, Homes Abroad, v. 72. As long as any convicts were disposed to bush-ranging … he could not for his part feel very secure.
1863. Guardian, 23 Dec. Bush-ranging has obtained such a head in New South Wales, that the Government have offered a reward of £2500 for the capture of a gang of five.
1864. Sala, in Daily Tel., 9 Aug., 5/2. The struggle may degenerate into bushranging broils between Federal dragoons and half-naked guerillas.
1853. Fraser’s Mag., XLVIII. 662. What has bushrangering and the police come to?
