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‖ dacoity|dəˈkɔɪtɪ|
Also de-, dacoitee, -ie.
[a. Hindī ḍakaitī, abstr. n. f. ḍakait.]
The system of robbery practised by the dacoits; gang-robbery; an act of robbery with violence committed by an armed band (now, according to the Indian penal code, of not less than five men).
1818Jas. Mill Brit. India (1840) V. 466 (Y.) The crime of dacoity (that is, robbery by gangs). 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 223 Not less than one hundred Dacoities..are annually reported. 1891Times 12 Jan. 5/2 A dacoity did occur..and property was carried off.
¶ Erroneously for dacoit.
1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 7 Once the property of a renowned Decoitee, or river-pirate. |