Definitions for dacoity

dacoity da·coit·y

Spelling: [duh-koi-tee]
IPA: /dəˈkɔɪ ti/

Dacoity is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in dacoity (acdioty).

Definitions for dacoity

noun

  1. (in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.

Origin of dacoity

1810-20; Hindi ḍakaitī, derivative of ḍakait dacoit

Examples for dacoity

It was in celebration of a dacoity in which they had obtained Rs.

dacoity is still the crime which they most affect, and they also break into houses and steal cattle.

When his band melted away, and dacoity became too hazardous a sport, he simply disappeared.

If they did not meet with a favourable omen on any of these nights, no dacoity was committed that month.

Nothing very exciting ever really happens; it's usually humdrum thievery and dacoity.

With two sons, he took to the jungle and began again the old trade of dacoity.

I reminded him he was committed to stand his trial for dacoity, that was why I wanted him.

dacoity, as it is called, is the great curse of the hill and jungle parts of Burma.

It was notorious that, in the Kings time, he fomented disorder and shared the spoils of dacoity.

One night, when on tour in a country boat, he was aroused by the report of a dacoity close by.

Word Value for dacoity
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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