dacoity

or da·koit·y

[duh-koi-tee]

noun, plural da·coit·ies.

(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.

Origin of dacoity

1810–20; < Hindi ḍakaitī, derivative of ḍakait dacoit

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Examples from the Web for dacoity

Historical Examples of dacoity

I reminded him he was committed to stand his trial for dacoity, that was why I wanted him.
The Soul of a People
H. Fielding
It was in celebration of a dacoity in which they had obtained Rs.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India
R. V. Russell
With two sons, he took to the jungle and began again the old trade of dacoity.
A Civil Servant in Burma
Herbert Thirkel White
Dacoity, as it is called, is the great curse of the hill and jungle parts of Burma.
Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma
George Norway
It was notorious that, in the Kings time, he fomented disorder and shared the spoils of dacoity.
A Civil Servant in Burma
Herbert Thirkel White

British Dictionary definitions for dacoity

dacoity

noun plural -coities

(in India and Myanmar) robbery by an armed gang

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