Meanings
noundacoitee (plural dacoitees)
plural dacoitees
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of dacoity.
We sometimes rob on the high roads as well as commit dacoitees.
1843, Narrative of Ajeet Singh, a Noted Dacoit in the North-Western Provinces of India1 more example
In this dacoitee one man was killed, and three men were wounded, property to a large amount was plundered, the confessing prisoners say it was in opium, while the prosecutor declares he had no opium, but a bag of 1,500 Rupees was plundered […]
1842, Reports on the state of the police in the divisions of Chittagong and Cuttack
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