Dacoit Definition

dəkoit
noun
A member of a gang of robbers in India or Burma (Myanmar)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • dakoit
verb
(chiefly India) To commit armed robbery.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dacoit

Noun

Singular:
dacoit
Plural:
dacoits

Origin of Dacoit

  • From Hindi डकैत (ḍakait), from डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi ḍakait

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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