different between robber vs dacoit

English

Etymology

From Middle English robber, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob +? -er.

Compare reaver ("robber, plunderer"), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raub?rijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover ("a pirate"), another word of the same composition.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.b?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???b?/
• Rhymes: -?b?(?)

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

1. A person who robs.

Hypernyms

• thief

Hyponyms

• graverobber
• bank robber
• mugger

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• robbour, robbowre, robbere, robour, robbor, robbeour, roboure, rubbere

Etymology

Either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to robben +? -er. Alternative forms suggest that the term may have originally been directly taken from the Old French term, but then was later broken down into its equivalent Middle English parts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?b?r/

Noun

robber (plural robberes)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: robber
• Scots: robber

References

• “robber(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rober, see English rob for more information.

Verb

robber

1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

robber

1. present of robbe

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.