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dacoity

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dacoity /dəˈkɔɪti /
noun
(plural dacoities)
(in India or Myanmar (Burma)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang:
an increase in the number of dacoities in buses
[mass noun] thirteen cases of attempted dacoity.
– ORIGIN from Hindi ḍakaitī.