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dakoity

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da⋅koit⋅y

[duh-koi-tee]
–noun, plural -koit⋅ies.
dacoity.

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
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dakoity

noun
robbery by a gang of armed dacoits [syn: dacoity
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