When he misses that he sometimes takes to dacoity.
"The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir"
Sir James McCrone Douie
He had, in fact, been a famous hunter-out of dacoity.
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I reminded him he was committed to stand his trial for dacoity, that was why I wanted him.
"The Soul of a People"
H. Fielding