Meanings
verbbushrange (third-person singular simple present bushranges, present participle bushranging, simple past and past participle bushranged)
present singular third person bushranges · participle present bushranging · participle past bushranged · past bushranged
- AustraliahistoricalTo practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.
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.
1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 37
Origin
Back-formation from bushranger.
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