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dacoity

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da⋅coit⋅y

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

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

[Hindi ḍakaitī, from ḍakait, dacoit.]
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