dacoit

American  

[duh-koit] / dəˈkɔɪt /

Or dakoit

noun

1. in India and Myanmar (Burma), a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.

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dacoit British  

/ dəˈkɔɪt /

noun

1. (in India and Myanmar) a member of a gang of armed robbers

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Etymology

Origin of dacoit

First recorded in 1800–10, dacoit is from the Hindi word ḍakait

Example Sentences

A few days after his arrival in Rangoon he was sent up the country to join the District Commissioner of a district still at that period much harassed by Dacoits.

From Real Ghost Stories by Stead, Estelle W.

To make this story more credible the Singapore Free Press heads it "Dacoits in Burma."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Generally a few families in company wander over the whole of Northern India, but are also found in the Deccan, sometimes by themselves, sometimes in association with Khimjurs, or a class of Dacoits, called Mooltanes. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George

Including the Thugs and Dacoits, the mass of crime is less in India than in England.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander

In the case of the Thugs this was a pickaxe, but with the Dacoits it was an axe with a highly-tempered edge.

From Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 by McNair, John Frederick Adolphus