Dictionary

fare dodger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
   • The fare-dodger and the gate-crasher do, after all, commit a trespass [...] 2001, Andrew Tettenborn, Law of Restitution in England and Ireland:
   • The subject of dealing with fare dodgers seems to be ripe, particularly on crowded trains where the 'train manager-cum-ticket collector' can have difficulty getting through the carriages. 2019 December 4, “Open Access”, in Rail, page 37:
   • Alan Pollock was hailed as a hero after millions on the internet watched a video of the ‘Big Man’ hauling an alleged fare dodger off a train. 2011 December 22, “Big Man' who threw alleged fare dodger off train in hit internet video is CHARGED with assault”, in Daily Mail:
   • Police officers and prosecutors were forced to spend sizeable proportions of their capacity on arresting and prosecuting faredodgers. 1995, Changes in Society, Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe

Forms

Relateds

tax dodger

Synonyms

farebeater · fare evader

Translations (41)

ja ただ乗り (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · cmn 無票乘客 /无票乘客 (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · fi pummilla matkustaja (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · sv plankare (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ru безбиле́тник (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · de Schwarzfahrer (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · cs slepý pasažér (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · uk безбіле́тниця (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · it portoghese (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · be безбіле́тнік (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · pl ślepy pasażer (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · lt bebilietis (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · da blind passager (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · nb billettsniker (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · nb blindpassasjer (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · hy անտոմս ուղեւոր (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · da billetsnyder (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · fr resquilleur (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ja 只乗り (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · hu bliccelő (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · fr resquilleuse (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · nl zwartrijder (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · sv tjuvåkare (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · uk безбіле́тник (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · nb sniker (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ca polissona (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · pl gapowiczka (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · lt zuikis (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · cs černý pasažér (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · hu stowaway) potyautas (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ceb mamukongay (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · es polizón (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ru безбиле́тница (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · ca polissó (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · lt neturintis bilietą (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · pl gapowicz (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · be безбіле́тніца (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · nl blinde passagier (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · sv fuskåkare (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · mk безбилетник (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport) · de blinder Passagier (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport)