Banditry or armed robbery, particularly as committed by organized gangs in India and Southeast Asia.
From Hindi 'ḍakaitī,' a noun form derived from 'ḍakait' (robber), meaning the practice of robbery by armed gangs.
Dakoity was such a serious problem in 19th-century India that it created a whole new vocabulary in English—showing how languages evolve when cultures collide!
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