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A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Myanmar, Pakistan
Examples
- 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 hinting at ghosts.
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To commit armed robbery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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a member of an armed gang of robbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dakoit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Burmese:
ဓားပြ
(dha:pra.)
— bandit or armed robber in South Asia
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Hindi:
डाकू
(ḍākū)
— bandit or armed robber in South Asia
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Hindi:
डकैत
(ḍakait)
— bandit or armed robber in South Asia
