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dacoity

UK/dəˈkɔɪti/

dacoity noun: violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.

Noun

dacoity (countable and uncountable, plural dacoities)

  1. (India, Myanmar, Pakistan) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
    • 'He came here open-minded to commit a dacoity. Yes, to cut, rob, kill, and carry off what he desired.'1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 15, in Kim
    • […] he had a most interesting anecdote to tell her […] about a dacoity that had happened in Sagaing in 1913.1934, George Orwell, chapter 18, in Burmese Days
    Synonyms:
    dacoitage

dacoity meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Gujarati

dacoity in Tamil

கூட்டுக் கொள்ளை, வழிப்பறி

dacoity in Marathi

dacoity
दरोडा daroḍā

dacoity in Kannada

ಡಕಾಯಿತಿ

dacoity in Gujarati

dacoity
ડાકો ḍāko

Synonyms of dacoity

Forms of dacoity

pluraldacoities
alternative form (obsolete)dacoitee
alternative form (obsolete)dacoiti
alternative form (obsolete)dakoiti

Origin of dacoity

From dacoit + -y.

Questions about dacoity

What does dacoity mean?
Dacoity means violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
What is dacoity in Tamil?
Dacoity in Tamil is கூட்டுக் கொள்ளை, வழிப்பறி. See Dacoity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dacoity?
Dacoity is a noun.
How do you pronounce dacoity?
Dacoity is pronounced /dəˈkɔɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of dacoity?
The plural of dacoity is dacoities.

Words near dacoity in the dictionary

  1. dacoiti
  2. dacoities
  3. dacoiting
  4. dacoitis
  5. dacoits
  6. dacoity
  7. Dacological
  8. Dacology
  9. Dacomania
  10. dacomitinib
  11. dacoo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dacoity (page history and authors); dacoity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दरोडा (Marathi) (page history and authors); dacoity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ડાકો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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