The word Dacoity is the anglicized version of the Indian word ḍakaitī (historically spelled dakaitee, Hindi डकैती or Urdu ڈکیتی or Bangla ডাকাতি) which comes from ḍākū or Bangla ḍakat (ডাকাত). Dacoity means "armed robbery". Dacoit means "a bandit". According to OED ("A member of a class of robbers in India and Burmah, who plunder in armed bands.

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  • The word Dacoity is the anglicized version of the Indian word ḍakaitī (historically spelled dakaitee, Hindi डकैती or Urdu ڈکیتی or Bangla ডাকাতি) which comes from ḍākū or Bangla ḍakat (ডাকাত). Dacoity means "armed robbery". Dacoit means "a bandit". According to OED ("A member of a class of robbers in India and Burmah, who plunder in armed bands. ") Dacoits existed in Burmah as well as India, and Rudyard Kipling's fictional Private Mulvaney was hunting Burmese "dacoits" in The Taking of Lungtungpen. The term was also applied, according to OED, to "pirates who formerly infested the Ganges between Calcutta and Burhampore". The most infamous member of the Dacoit "profession" was probably India's Phoolan Devi. But the title of the most legendary dacoit is held by Sultana Daku, Daku Man Singh and Nirbhay Singh Gujjar who was killed in 2005. Between 1939 and 1955, Daku Man Singh had notched up 1,112 dacoities, 185 murders, countless ransom kidnappings. He was involved in 90 police encounters and had killed 32 policemen. In recent times, Veerappan became one of the most famous who was on the run for 20 years. In Madhya Pradesh State, women belonging to a village defense group have been issued gun permits to fend off Dacoity. The Chief Minister of the district, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, recognized the role the women had played in defending their villages without guns. He stated that he wanted to enable these women to better defend both themselves and their villages, and issued the gun permits to advance this goal.
  • Les dacoïts - (डकैती soit dakait en hindi ou ڈکیتی ou ডাকাতি) - sont en Inde, des bandes armées organisées de brigands formés, la plupart du temps, par des paysans dépossédés de leur terre ou des hors-castes. Les dacoïts attaquent les trains, parfois les voyageurs en automobile, et livrent de véritables batailles rangées contre les forces de police ou l'armée appelée pour les réduire. Bien que leur nombre ait beaucoup diminué, il représente un certain danger en particulier dans le Bihar et dans la région du Chambal où ils profitent de la conformité du terrain et de la jonction de trois états, le Râjasthân, le Madhya Pradesh et l'Uttar Pradesh pour échapper aux poursuites. Des bandes de dacoïts sont aussi présentes dans le sud du Dekkan.
  • Dacoit är ett indiskt ord för rånare och är en anglifierad variant på det inhemskt indiska ordet "dakaethee", som kommer av ordet "dakoo", vilket betyder rånare. Vad en dacoit egentligen är i allmänt språkbruk är dock snarast stråtrövare, något som fortfarande finns kvar i det moderna Indiens utkanter. Den mest kända "dacoiten" var Phoolan Devi.
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  • The word Dacoity is the anglicized version of the Indian word ḍakaitī (historically spelled dakaitee, Hindi डकैती or Urdu ڈکیتی or Bangla ডাকাতি) which comes from ḍākū or Bangla ḍakat (ডাকাত). Dacoity means "armed robbery". Dacoit means "a bandit". According to OED ("A member of a class of robbers in India and Burmah, who plunder in armed bands.
  • Les dacoïts - (डकैती soit dakait en hindi ou ڈکیتی ou ডাকাতি) - sont en Inde, des bandes armées organisées de brigands formés, la plupart du temps, par des paysans dépossédés de leur terre ou des hors-castes. Les dacoïts attaquent les trains, parfois les voyageurs en automobile, et livrent de véritables batailles rangées contre les forces de police ou l'armée appelée pour les réduire.
  • Dacoit är ett indiskt ord för rånare och är en anglifierad variant på det inhemskt indiska ordet "dakaethee", som kommer av ordet "dakoo", vilket betyder rånare. Vad en dacoit egentligen är i allmänt språkbruk är dock snarast stråtrövare, något som fortfarande finns kvar i det moderna Indiens utkanter. Den mest kända "dacoiten" var Phoolan Devi.
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