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decoity

decoity is the alternative form of dacoity.

Meaning of dacoity

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
    Synonyms:
    dacoitage

Forms of decoity

pluraldecoities

Questions about decoity

What is decoity the alternative form of?
Decoity is the alternative form of dacoity.

Words near decoity in the dictionary

  1. decoic acid
  2. decoiling
  3. decoit
  4. decoities
  5. decoits
  6. decoity
  7. decoke
  8. decoked
  9. decokes
  10. decoking
  11. DeCola

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decoity (page history and authors); dacoity (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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