different between bandit vs dacoit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”). The Italian verb is inherited from Vulgar Latin *bannire (“to proclaim”), but its form was influenced by Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (bandwjan, “to signal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bænd?t/

Noun

bandit (plural bandits)

1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
2. An outlaw.
3. One who cheats others.
4. (military) An enemy aircraft.
5. (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

Synonyms

• (one who robs others): See Thesaurus:thief
• (outlaw): criminal, fugitive, outlaw
• (one who cheats others): cheater

Derived terms

• gas meter bandit
• one-armed bandit
• shag bandit

Related terms

• banditti

Translations

Verb

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
   • 1921, Munsey's Magazine (volume 74, page 38)

     First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.

   • 1937, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 160, page 7)

     As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.

References

Anagrams

• IT Band, IT band

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.di/
• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: bandits

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

1. bandit

Derived terms

• banditisme
• bandit de grand chemin
• bandit manchot

Descendants

• ? German: Bandit
  • ? Polish: bandyta
• ? Norman: bandit

Further reading

• “bandit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?band?t?]
• Hyphenation: ban?dit

Noun

bandit (first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)

1. bandit

   Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bandit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

1. (Jersey) bandit

Romanian

Etymology

From French bandit

Noun

bandit m (plural bandi?i)

1. bandit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ndi?t/
• Hyphenation: ban?dit

Noun

bànd?t m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. bandit

Declension

References

• “bandit” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Alternative forms

• dakoit, decoit

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (?akait)/Urdu ????? (?akait), from ???? (??k?, “gang-robbery”)/Urdu ????? (??k?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

dacoit (plural dacoits)

1. (chiefly India) A bandit or armed robber, especially in India, Pakistan, Myanmar, and the surrounding region.
   • 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 118, [1]

     […] she had harangued us on the subject of fever and cholera and bad water, had warned us solemnly against dacoits, and now she was hinting at ghosts.

   • 1954, July 19, "The Terror of Kings," Time:

     The history of northern India is studded with the names of notorious outlaw dacoits who roam the hills in the name of Kali, robbing the rich, comforting the poor, and in general spreading terror and rough justice.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 49:

     On the way back Boyles led him down a lampless lane, and sure enough, a pair of dacoits pounced on them.

   • 2004, Oct. 20, Catherine Philp, "India's Bandit King is betrayed," The Times, London:

     “The notorious forest brigand, bandit, murderer and dacoit, Veerappan, along with his entire gang, has been shot dead,” Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State, announced.

   • 2007 April 21, "EDITORIAL: Pakistani Phoolan Devi’s short career," Daily Times, Pakistan:

     A very athletic female dacoit was arrested in North Nazimabad in Karachi after she vaulted over a nine-foot wall, following her unsuccessful attempt at armed robbery in the house of a retired banker.

Derived terms

• dacoitage
• dacoity

Translations

Verb

dacoit (third-person singular simple present dacoits, present participle dacoiting, simple past and past participle dacoited)

1. (chiefly India) To commit armed robbery.

References

• dacoit at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.