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Look up: dacoit

  1. Dacoit
    India A bandit.
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. dacoit
    [n] - (in India and Burma) a member of an armed gang of robbers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. dacoit
    Historically a member of an armed gang of robbers, formerly active in India and Burma (now Myanmar). ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Dacoit
    Da·coit' (dȧ*koit') noun [ Hind. dakait , dākāyat .] One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/1

  5. dacoit
    dakoit noun a member of an armed gang of robbers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Dacoit
    • (n.) One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. dacoit
    (from the article `India`) ...portion of the plain, where there are gullied badlands centring on the Chambal River. That area has long been famous for harbouring violent gangs ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/1

  8. dacoit
    armed robbers, murderous highway-men
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  9. Dacoit
    The Dacoits were Burmese guerrillas who fled to the hills and jungle after the overthrow of Burma in 1886, and waged a desultory campaign against the British for several years.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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