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  • noun Plural form of dacoit.

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Examples

  • Wun Thu objected strongly to British rule, and emphasized his objection by making trouble with his bands of patriots, whom we called dacoits, robbers.

    From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

  • The "dacoits" or brigands of India were of the same stamp as their European colleagues.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • M.Q.M. was born in the cradle of the military crackdown on the democracy-loving people of Sindh; at the time the military had launched an operation against so-called "dacoits" in which thousands of innocent people were killed or jailed.

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2010

  • a special effort to stamp out professional "dacoits," who are associated for the purpose of highway robbery, cattle stealing and violence and carry on marauding expeditions from their headquarters continuously.

    Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

  • 'dacoits', or banditti, whether they did not often commit murder.

    Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822

  • Before the floods this part of Sindh had a formidable problem with dacoits, highway bandits who rob traffic at gunpoint.

    Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province Declan Walsh in Sehwan Sharif 2010

  • The Pakistani government might not control the desert and mountain fastnesses of Baluchistan, with their rebellious and smuggling tribes and dacoits, or bandits.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

  • The Pakistani government might not control the desert and mountain fastnesses of Baluchistan, with their rebellious and smuggling tribes and dacoits, or bandits.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

  • The Pakistani government might not control the desert and mountain fastnesses of Baluchistan, with their rebellious and smuggling tribes and dacoits, or bandits.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

  • The Pakistani government might not control the desert and mountain fastnesses of Baluchistan, with their rebellious and smuggling tribes and dacoits, or bandits.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

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