Content tagged with "crime"
Dacoity
“This refers to ‘banditry’ or ‘theft,’ mainly in Asia. It’s an anglicized form of the Hindi word meaning ‘armed robbery.’ ‘Dacoit’ is the noun form. I encountered ‘dacoit’ quite a bit in The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu as a noun. Many of Fu Manchu’s henchmen were described as ‘dacoits.’ I dismissed as a…”
Lynch
“A ‘lynching,’ or ‘to lynch someone,’ is an illegal killing by a group. So when a mob executes someone, that’s called a lynching, regardless of the method. We often associate lynching with hanging, as that’s very common, but it’s not required. It’s also not technically required to be related to race,…”