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da·coit·y (d

-koi

)

Robbery by a band or gang of dacoits.

[Hindi akait, from akait, dacoit.]

dacoity [dəˈkɔɪtɪ]

n pl -coities

(Law) (in India and Myanmar) robbery by an armed gang

dacoity

murder and robbery committed by dacoits, a class of criminals in India and Burma.

See also: Theft

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Noun

dacoity - robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

dakoity

robbery - larceny by threat of violence

Burma, Myanmar, Union of Burma - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"

Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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