dacoity

American  

[duh-koi-tee] / dəˈkɔɪ ti /

Or dakoity

noun

plural

dacoities

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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Etymology

Origin of dacoity

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Imam Din has caught the men who did the dacoity, and there are also others at Peshawur under suspicion.

From The Day's Work - Part 01 by Kipling, Rudyard

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 Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Moreover, could the authorities responsible for the peace of the border allow so flagrant an act of dacoity to pass without retaliative measures?

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Another Badhak, on being examined, said he could not recall a case of one of the community having ever given up the trade of dacoity.

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