dacoitee

English

Noun

dacoitee (plural dacoitees)

1. Obsolete spelling of dacoity.
   • 1842, Reports on the state of the police in the divisions of Chittagong and Cuttack:

     In this dacoitee one man was killed, and three men were wounded, property to a large amount was plundered, the confessing prisoners say it was in opium, while the prosecutor declares he had no opium, but a bag of 1,500 Rupees was plundered […]

   • 1843, Narrative of Ajeet Singh, a Noted Dacoit in the North-Western Provinces of India:

     We sometimes rob on the high roads as well as commit dacoitees.