DACOIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dacoit mean? 

• DACOIT (noun)
  The noun DACOIT has 1 sense:

1. a member of an armed gang of robbers

  Familiarity information: DACOIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACOIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an armed gang of robbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dacoit; dakoit

Hypernyms ("dacoit" is a kind of...):

stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)

Domain region:

Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)