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.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most distinguished camp follower, Major General Yadunath Singh, onetime military secretary to Indian President Rajendra Prasad, mounted a bicycle and pedaled back into the gullies to dicker personally with dacoit leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
No dacoit in modern times ever became so feared or respected as Man Singh in the years that followed his great oath of vengeance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last October, Narayan told me, he had been visited by a man claiming to be a lesser dacoit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young sahib save my life also when the dacoit thought to chop off my head.
From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John
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