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Definition of Dakoity
1. Noun. Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits.
Generic synonyms: Robbery
Geographical relationships: Burma, Myanmar, Union Of Burma, Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Definition of Dakoity
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of dacoity) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dakoity
1. dacoity [n -TIES] - See also: dacoity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dakoity
Literary usage of Dakoity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"It was possible to draw away police from many districts, because Upper Burmah
had become less free from dakoity and robbery than Lower Burmah. ..."
2. The Law Magazine and Law Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1869)
"277 under similar circumstances, with respect to a placitum on the merger of the
minor offence of receiving stolen goods obtained by " dakoity " in the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"... the crimes of thuggee and dakoity (gang robbery) have been considerably
suppressed of late years; Captain Weston alone having apprehended within three ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"... after a hasty and irregular trial, sentenced the man to death, although no
charge of dakoity or murder was proved against him. ..."
5. The Methodist Review (1887)
"Good order has been maintained, notwithstanding the ravages of the dakoity
elsewhere, and there are encouraging signs. One of the missionaries received, ..."
6. The Administration of the East India Company: A History of Indian Progress by John William Kaye (1853)
"... the further repression of dakoity and other crimes in the lower provinces of
Bengal" was drafted, and read for the first time on the 27th of June, 1851. ..."
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