Sentence:  The live-and-let-live attitude hampered the police in tracking <WSD>bushrangers</WSD>. A few squatters like John Walsh gave the <WSD>bushrangers</WSD> active support, but the police were thwarted as much by the unwillingness of landowners generally to report what they knew about the <WSD>bushrangers</WSD> or to take any active steps against them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.