Dacoity

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The word Dacoity is the anglicized version of the Indian word dakaitee (डकैती or ڈکیتی or ডাকাতি) which comes from Dakoo (डाकू or ڈاکو, meaning "armed robber") or Dakat (ডাকাত).

Dacoity (Hindi: डकैती, Urdu: ڈکیتی, Bangla: ডাকাতি, dakaitee) means armed robbery.
Dacoit (Hindi: डकैत, Urdu: ڈکیت, Bangla: ডাকাত, dakait) means a bandit.

The most infamous member of the Dacoit "profession" was probably India's Phoolan Devi.^{[citation needed]} But the title of the most legendary dacoit is held by Daku Man Singh and Nirbhay Singh Gujjar who was killed recently.^{[citation needed]} Between 1939 and 1955, Daku Man Singh had notched up 1,112 dacoities, 185 murders, countless ransom kidnappings.^{[citation needed]} He was involved in 90 police encounters and had killed 32 policemen.^{[citation needed]}

In recent times, Veerappan became the most famous^{[citation needed]} who was on the run for 20 years.

In the Madhya Pradesh district, women belonging to a village defense group have been issued gun permits to fend off Dacoity. The Chief Minister of the district, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, recognized the role the women had played in defending their villages without guns. He stated that he wanted to enable these women to better defend both themselves and their villages, and issued the gun permits to advance this goal [1].