fare dodger
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
Example Sentences
- "Police officers and prosecutors were forced to spend sizeable proportions of their capacity on arresting and prosecuting faredodgers."
- "The fare-dodger and the gate-crasher do, after all, commit a trespass [...]"
- "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."
- "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."