dacoit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dacoit
First recorded in 1800–10, dacoit is from the Hindi word ḍakait
Example Sentences
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At a government guesthouse in the village of Jaura, deep in dacoit country, I talked with Jayaprakash Narayan, 69, director of the Gandhi Institute of Studies and once a prominent Socialist politician.
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Last year, after Man Singh slipped through his fingers once again, Narasinghrao Dixit, the home minister of Madhya Bharat province, vowed to resign if he failed to trap the notorious dacoit within a year.
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Last October, Narayan told me, he had been visited by a man claiming to be a lesser dacoit.
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No dacoit in modern times ever became so feared or respected as Man Singh in the years that followed his great oath of vengeance.
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I must make further inquiries at the Club," said I, "but that man seems to be of the proper dacoit type.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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