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Definition of Dacoit
1. Noun. A member of an armed gang of robbers.
Geographical relationships: Burma, Myanmar, Union Of Burma, Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Generic synonyms: Stealer, Thief
Definition of Dacoit
1. n. One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
Definition of Dacoit
1. Noun. (chiefly India) A member of an armed gang of bandits in India, Pakistan, and the surrounding region. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dacoit
1. a bandit in India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacoit
Literary usage of Dacoit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1909)
"MV ,' I1 \l\\\'\ A dacoit signs all along that at some previous epoch the level
of the lake must have been much higher than it is at present. ..."
2. A History of the Hyderabad Contingent by Reginald George Burton (1905)
"... Cavalry—3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent—Fight near Minhla—Operations against
Boh Shwe—Operations to the West — Attack on a dacoit camp—2nd Infantry, ..."
3. A History of the Hyderabad Contingent by Reginald George Burton (1905)
"... Hyderabad Contingent—Fight near Minhla - Operations against Boh Shwe— Operations
to the West — Attack on a dacoit camp— 2nd Infantry, ..."
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