dacoity

American  

[duh-koi-tee] / dəˈkɔɪ ti /

Or dakoity

noun

• dacoities
  plural

1. in India and Myanmar (Burma), a gang robbery: robbery by dacoits.

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dacoity British  

/ dəˈkɔɪtɪ /

noun

1. (in India and Myanmar) robbery by an armed gang

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dacoities
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dacoity

First recorded in 1810–20; from Hindi ḍakaitī, derivative of ḍakait dacoit

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Example Sentences

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dacoity dacoities

Mosley has, among other things, assembled a wonderful collection of anecdotes about Allen and the international dacoity that he practiced.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, dacoity, though quiescent, is by no means extinct.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer

Of the Burmese, however, the greater part are serving sentences of ten years, for engaging too recklessly in the national pastime of dacoity, and many of them are employed in the jungle and as boatmen.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss

Between 1837 and 1849 the suppression of the regular practice of armed dacoity was practically achieved by Colonel Sleeman.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

With this the Inspector proceeded to recount the various methods by which it was possible to be concerned in a dacoity twenty or thirty miles away, and yet be back in time for duty.

From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

Now it is the order that the Havildar of the Thana should send a straight report of all dacoities to the Dipty Sahib.

From Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling

In 1825 it had been estimated that the Oudh forests alone contained from 4000 to 6000 dacoits, while the property stolen in 1811 from known dacoities was valued at ten lakhs of rupees.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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