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dacoity
or 岹·Ǿ·
[ duh-koi-tee ]
noun
plural dacoities.
- in India and Myanmar (Burma), a gang robbery: robbery by dacoits.
dacoity
/ əˈɔɪɪ /
noun
- (in India and Myanmar) robbery by an armed gang
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Of the 10 winners with cases related to robbery and dacoity, seven are from the BJP.
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The state has been long dogged by problems with gangs and dacoity in its rural villages, issues that have been recently dramatized in popular Hindi films like "Ishaqzaade."
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By law, to constitute dacoity, there must be five or more in the gang committing the crime.
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“This bill is a dacoity” — banditry — “on the rights of states,” he declared.
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Moreover, could the authorities responsible for the peace of the border allow so flagrant an act of dacoity to pass without retaliative measures?
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