Examples from literature

• A dacoit stepped into view, crouched down, and carefully trained the piece. 
• From one of the small, slit-like windows they watched the movements of the dacoits. 
• The dacoits had been more cunning than they suspected. 
• The newcomers were a couple of dacoits, one the man who had been wounded by Jack's first shot. 
• The only theory that he could form was that the attackers were a band of Bengali political dacoits. 
• Would the dacoits beat the door down and be upon them before he could give the word?