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dacoit
da·coit [ də kóyt ] (plural da·coits) or da·koit [ də kóyt ] (plural da·koits)


noun 
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Burmese or South Asian robber: a member of a gang of armed robbers in South Asia and Myanmar
[Late 18th century. < Hindi dakait< dākā "gang robbery"]
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