DACOITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dacoity mean? 

• DACOITY (noun)
  The noun DACOITY has 1 sense:

1. robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

  Familiarity information: DACOITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACOITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dacoity; dakoity

Hypernyms ("dacoity" is a kind of...):

robbery (larceny by threat of violence)

Domain region:

Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)