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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Robbery by a band or gang of dacoits.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

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  • noun Gang robbery carried out by dacoits.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi ḍakaitī, from ḍakait, dacoit.]

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dacoit +‎ -y

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