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dacoit

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dacoit /dəˈkɔɪt /
▸ noun (in India or Myanmar (Burma)) a member of a band of armed robbers:
the dacoits stole cash and jewellery worth Rs 97,000 from one of the flats before fleeing.
– ORIGIN from Hindi ḍakait, from ḍakaitī ‘robbery by a gang’.
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