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fare dodger

fare dodger noun: a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.

Noun

fare dodger (plural fare dodgers)

  1. A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
    • 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
    • The fare-dodger and the gate-crasher do, after all, commit a trespass [...]2001, Andrew Tettenborn, Law of Restitution in England and Ireland

Examples of fare dodger in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:

Synonyms of fare dodger

Forms of fare dodger

pluralfare dodgers
alternative formfaredodger
alternative formfare-dodger

Questions about fare dodger

What does fare dodger mean?
Fare dodger means a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
How do you use fare dodger in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is fare dodger?
Fare dodger is a noun.
What is the plural of fare dodger?
The plural of fare dodger is fare dodgers.

Words near fare dodger in the dictionary

  1. fare boxes
  2. fare break point
  3. fare break points
  4. fare card
  5. fare cards
  6. fare dodger
  7. fare dodgers
  8. fare evader
  9. fare evaders
  10. fare evasion
  11. fare ladder

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