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Dacoit vs Mafia - What's the difference?

dacoit | mafia |

As nouns the difference between dacoit and mafia

is that dacoit is a bandit or armed robber, especially in India, Pakistan, and the surrounding region while mafia is a crime syndicate.

As a verb dacoit

is cant be used as a verb.

As a proper noun Mafia is

an international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.

dacoit

English

Alternative forms

* dakoit

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, India) A bandit or armed robber, especially in India, Pakistan, and the surrounding region.
  • * 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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (chiefly, India) Cant be used as a verb

    • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    mafia

    English

    (wikipedia Mafia)

    Alternative forms

    * Maffia (less common)

    Proper noun

  • (specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
  • (by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; .
    • Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia .
  • A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered".
  • (an entity which attempts to control a specified arena).

    • Synonyms

    * (organization of Sicilian origin) Cosa Nostra, mob * (any organized crime syndicate) mob

    Derived terms

    * mafia * mafia state * Mafioso * Mafiya

    See also

    * Camorra * capo * godfather * goodfella * 'Ndrangheta * * Thuggee * Triad * Yakuza ----