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dacoit

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da⋅coit

  [duh-koit]
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–noun
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
Also, dakoit.

Origin:
1800–10; < Hindi ḍakait
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da·coit also da·koit   (də-koit')   
n.  A member of a robber band or gang in India or Myanmar (Burma).

[Hindi ḍakait.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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