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dacoity - 3 dictionary results

da⋅coit⋅y

[duh-koi-tee]
–noun, plural -coit⋅ies.
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
Also, dakoity.


Origin:
1810–20; < Hindi ḍakaitī, deriv. of ḍakait dacoit
da·coit·y   (də-koi'tē)   
n.  Robbery by a band or gang of dacoits.

[Hindi ḍakaitī, from ḍakait, dacoit.]

Dacoity

Da*coit"y\, n. The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
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