dacoit
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dacoit
- /dəˈkɔɪt/
Rhymes with -ɔɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).
noun dacoits · dacoo · dakoit · dakoo · decoit
- A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India. 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/toletcroker00crok […] she had harangued us on the subject of fever and cholera and bad water, had warned us solemnly against dacoits, and now she was hinti
verb dacoits · dacoiting · dacoited · dacoo · dakoit
- To commit armed robbery.
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Talk about this word "dacoit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dacoit. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. dacoit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dacoit "dacoit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dacoit.Cite this
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title = {dacoit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dacoit},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
