dacoityn.

Brit.

/dəˈkɔɪti/, U.S.

/dəˈkɔɪdi/

Forms: 1800s dacoitee, 1800s decoitee, 1800s decoity, 1800s 1900s dacoitie, 1800s– dacoity, 1800s– dakaiti.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Bengali. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Bengali ḍakaitī; Hindi ḍakaitī.

Etymology: < Bengali ḍakaitī and the similarly-formed Hindi ḍakaitī (also ḍākaitī) the practice of the dacoits < ḍakait dacoit n. + -ī , suffix expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).In later use (especially in the form dacoity) perhaps sometimes reinterpreted as an English formation < dacoit n. + -y suffix³. The rare use denoting a person (see sense 2) developed within English; compare the more common thuggee n. 2 and the etymological note at that entry. The forms with -oi- reflect the pronunciation of the Bengali word.

1. In India (later also Pakistan and Nepal) and Burma (Myanmar): the system of banditry practised by dacoits; gang robbery. Also: an act or instance of crime committed by dacoits; a gang robbery.In the Indian penal code dacoity is defined as involving five or more people committing or attempting to commit a robbery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun]

trailbaston1304

brigantaille1393

latrocinyc1430

brigancy1513

free-boot1598

freebootinga1599

brigandize1609

latronage1619

free-booty1649

moss-trooping1649

buccaneering1758

dacoiting1802

gang robbery1812

dacoity1813

free-bootery1813

brigandage1823

bush-ranging1832

mosstroopery1845

filibustering1856

klephtism1858

robberhood1863

brigandism1865

Vikingism1880

bushwhackerism1883

Vikingship1883

banditism1885

dacoitage1887

brigandry1909

banditry1922

1813 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 27 1127 Hence also the increase..particularly of decoity, the great scourge of our fairest provinces.

1842 Cheltenham Chron. 24 Nov. We may add the necessity that exists of entirely suppressing that horrible Dacoitee system, which duty has also been entrusted to the Thuggee department.

1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 223 Not less than one hundred Dacoities..are annually reported.

1952 Times 23 July 5/1 Reports continue to reach here of the state of lawlessness and dacoity, murder, and looting in eastern Nepal.

1989 Financial Times 21 Oct. (Weekend section) 24/4 Nasim Mirza, head of ICI Pakistan, describes dacoity as a growth industry.

2020 Times of India (Electronic ed.) (Nexis) 3 Sept. The Hadapsar police arrested three men and detained five minor boys on the charge of planning a dacoity at a garment store in Phursungi.

†2. A dacoit (dacoit n.). Obsolete. rare and nonstandard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries

dacoit1788

gang-robber1812

bush-ranger1817

klepht1820

flayer1832

ranger1840

dacoity1849

sticker-up1853

boh1888

demon1909

shifta1920

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 7 Once the property of a renowned Decoitee, or river-pirate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dacoity
释义	dacoityn. Brit. /dəˈkɔɪti/, U.S. /dəˈkɔɪdi/ Forms: 1800s dacoitee, 1800s decoitee, 1800s decoity, 1800s 1900s dacoitie, 1800s– dacoity, 1800s– dakaiti. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Bengali. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Bengali ḍakaitī; Hindi ḍakaitī. Etymology: < Bengali ḍakaitī and the similarly-formed Hindi ḍakaitī (also ḍākaitī) the practice of the dacoits < ḍakait dacoit n. + -ī , suffix expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).In later use (especially in the form dacoity) perhaps sometimes reinterpreted as an English formation < dacoit n. + -y suffix³. The rare use denoting a person (see sense 2) developed within English; compare the more common thuggee n. 2 and the etymological note at that entry. The forms with -oi- reflect the pronunciation of the Bengali word. 1. In India (later also Pakistan and Nepal) and Burma (Myanmar): the system of banditry practised by dacoits; gang robbery. Also: an act or instance of crime committed by dacoits; a gang robbery.In the Indian penal code dacoity is defined as involving five or more people committing or attempting to commit a robbery. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun] trailbaston1304 brigantaille1393 latrocinyc1430 brigancy1513 free-boot1598 freebootinga1599 brigandize1609 latronage1619 free-booty1649 moss-trooping1649 buccaneering1758 dacoiting1802 gang robbery1812 dacoity1813 free-bootery1813 brigandage1823 bush-ranging1832 mosstroopery1845 filibustering1856 klephtism1858 robberhood1863 brigandism1865 Vikingism1880 bushwhackerism1883 Vikingship1883 banditism1885 dacoitage1887 brigandry1909 banditry1922 1813 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 27 1127 Hence also the increase..particularly of decoity, the great scourge of our fairest provinces. 1842 Cheltenham Chron. 24 Nov. We may add the necessity that exists of entirely suppressing that horrible Dacoitee system, which duty has also been entrusted to the Thuggee department. 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 223 Not less than one hundred Dacoities..are annually reported. 1952 Times 23 July 5/1 Reports continue to reach here of the state of lawlessness and dacoity, murder, and looting in eastern Nepal. 1989 Financial Times 21 Oct. (Weekend section) 24/4 Nasim Mirza, head of ICI Pakistan, describes dacoity as a growth industry. 2020 Times of India (Electronic ed.) (Nexis) 3 Sept. The Hadapsar police arrested three men and detained five minor boys on the charge of planning a dacoity at a garment store in Phursungi. †2. A dacoit (dacoit n.). Obsolete. rare and nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries dacoit1788 gang-robber1812 bush-ranger1817 klepht1820 flayer1832 ranger1840 dacoity1849 sticker-up1853 boh1888 demon1909 shifta1920 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 7 Once the property of a renowned Decoitee, or river-pirate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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