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DAKOITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dakoity mean?
• DAKOITY (noun)
The noun DAKOITY has 1 sense:
1. robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
Familiarity information: DAKOITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dacoity; dakoity
Hypernyms ("dakoity" 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)
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