decoits

"And what, woman -- the decoits were your own people?"

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

We be decoits, that is true, it is our profession, but the mission that is spoken of is not thus.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

Bhuldoo -- an 'turn hup like reskooers in a Vic'oria Melodrama-so we doubled for the _jhil_, an' prisintly there was the divil av a hurroosh behind us an 'three bhoys on grasscuts' ponies come by, poundin 'along for the dear life -- s'elp me Bob, hif Buldoo' adn't raised a rig'lar _harmy_ of decoits -- to do the job in shtile.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

While they waited Bootea said: "It was Nana Sahib who sent Hunsa and the decoits to slay Amir Khan, because he feared an alliance between the Chief and the British."

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

Captain Barlow read to Ajeet the pardon, which was the form adopted by the British government to be issued to certain thugs and decoits who became spies, called Approvers, for the British.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

But Bootea's eyes went wide now with a new fear; the sound of the shot would travel faster even than the fleeing Hunsa: and if the decoits came -- for already they would be making ready for the road -- this beautiful god, with eyes like stars and a voice of music, would be killed, would be no more than the Bagree lying on the road who was but carrion.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

When Ajeet saw the pickaxe he said angrily: "That is the emblem of thugs; we be decoits, not stranglers, Guru."

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

I will tell it all, though it might be thought a treachery to the decoits.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

In fact decoits always lived in the protection of some petty raja; they were an adjunct to the state, a source of revenue.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

So then for the next few days Hunsa and Sookdee cautiously developed a spirit of desire for action amongst the decoits, and a feeling of resentment against Ajeet who was opposed to engaging in a punishable crime so far from their refuge.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896