English▸ noun [mass noun] Indian English intimidating, coercive, or bullying behaviour:
he will be doing the same kind of dadagiri that he is used to
we will stand by them in this fight against dadagiri of political parties.
– ORIGIN Hindi dādāgīrī ‘hooliganism’, ‘gang rule’, from dādā ‘older brother’ (used for a gang leader) + Urdu -gīrī, a combining form denoting activity.