dacoid

dacoid

English

Noun

dacoid (plural dacoids)

1. Alternative spelling of dacoit
   • 1907, Balwantrai R. Desai, Hand-book of Criminal Cases: Being a Verbatim Reprint of All Criminal Cases Reported in the Indian Law Reports for the Years 1900-1906, page 731:

     His confession before the Deputy Magistrate of Gobindpur showed his connection with several gangs of dacoids and burglars.

   • 1917, All India Reporter:

     The light which proceeded from this lantern seems to have played an important part, for the witnesses who profess to recognize any one of the dacoids assert that they were able to do so only by means of this lantern […]

   • 1980, Hari Shanker Sharma, Ravine erosion in India, Concept Pub. Co.:

     Out of the total ravines lands in Rajasthan nearly 4.02 lac hectares has been estimated under dacoid infested ravine land.

Anagrams

• adocid, odacid