What's the difference between brigand and dacoit?

Brigand


Definition:

  • (n.) A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.
  • (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Except that, in Loznitsa's version, the wizard is a disgraced former soldier, the siren a child prostitute and the trolls a trio of gnarled brigands who cook potatoes at a forest campfire and cudgel anyone who draws too close.
  • (2) Also refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) war and armed brigands from the CAR's Seleka and opposition groups are establishing bases in the region."
  • (3) The United Nations assembled a new peacekeeping force, and the RUF fighters, along with the other disparate groups of militia brigands, were supposed to integrate with the national army.
  • (4) Ovsanna remembers being worried about the young girls who were kidnapped by the brigands who served as auxiliaries of the Ottoman army.
  • (5) Their treatment has made considerable progress since the report of J. Dor and H. Le Brigand in 1960.

Dacoit


Definition:

  • (n.) One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Before the floods this part of Sindh had a formidable problem with dacoits, highway bandits who rob traffic at gunpoint.

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