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fare dodger

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farebeater, fare evader

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անտոմս ուղեւոր (antoms uġewor) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Belarusian: безбіле́тнік (bjezbiljétnik) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Belarusian: безбіле́тніца (bjezbiljétnica) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Catalan: polissó — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Catalan: polissona — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Cebuano: mamukongay — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無票乘客 /无票乘客 (wúpiào chéngkè) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Czech: černý pasažér — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Czech: slepý pasažér — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Danish: blind passager — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Danish: billetsnyder — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Dutch: zwartrijder — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Dutch: blinde passagier — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Finnish: pummilla matkustaja — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • French: resquilleur — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • French: resquilleuse — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • German: Schwarzfahrer — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • German: blinder Passagier — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Hungarian: bliccelő — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Hungarian: stowaway) potyautas — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Italian: portoghese — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Japanese: ただ乗り (tadanori) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Japanese: 只乗り (tadanori) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Lithuanian: zuikis — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Lithuanian: bebilietis — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Lithuanian: neturintis bilietą — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Macedonian: безбилетник (bezbiletnik) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blindpassasjer — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sniker — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: billettsniker — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Polish: gapowicz — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Polish: gapowiczka — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Polish: ślepy pasażer — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Russian: безбиле́тник (bezbilétnik) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Russian: безбиле́тница (bezbilétnica) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Spanish: polizón — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Swedish: fuskåkare — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Swedish: tjuvåkare — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Swedish: plankare — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Ukrainian: безбіле́тник (bezbilétnyk) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
  • Ukrainian: безбіле́тниця (bezbilétnycja) — a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport