dacoity, dakoity
(noun) robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dacoity (countable and uncountable, plural dacoities)
(chiefly, India) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
• dacoitage
Source: Wiktionary
Da*coit"y, n.
Definition: The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
