Meanings
plural fare dodgers · alternative faredodger · alternative fare-dodger
- 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 Ireland3 more examples
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 EuropeAlan 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 MailThe 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 37Synonyms: farebeater, fare evader
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
Translations
Catalan polissó, polissona
- polissóa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- polissonaa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Chinese Mandarin 無票乘客 /无票乘客
- 無票乘客 /无票乘客 (wúpiào chéngkè)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Czech černý pasažér, slepý pasažér
- černý pasažéra person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- slepý pasažéra person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Danish blind passager, billetsnyder
- blind passagera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- billetsnydera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Dutch zwartrijder, blinde passagier
- zwartrijdera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- blinde passagiera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Finnish pummilla matkustaja
- pummilla matkustajaa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
French resquilleur, resquilleuse
- resquilleura person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- resquilleusea person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
German Schwarzfahrer, blinder Passagier
- Schwarzfahrera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- blinder Passagiera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Hungarian bliccelő, stowaway) potyautas
- bliccelőa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- stowaway) potyautasa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Italian portoghese
- portoghesea person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Japanese ただ乗り, 只乗り
- ただ乗り (tadanori)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- 只乗り (tadanori)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Lithuanian zuikis, bebilietis
- zuikisa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- bebilietisa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- neturintis bilietąa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Norwegian Bokmål blindpassasjer, sniker
- blindpassasjera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- snikera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- billettsnikera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Polish gapowicz, gapowiczka
- gapowicza person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- gapowiczkaa person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- ślepy pasażera person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Russian безбиле́тник, безбиле́тница
- безбиле́тник (bezbilétnik)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- безбиле́тница (bezbilétnica)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Spanish polizón
- polizóna person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Swedish fuskåkare, tjuvåkare
- fuskåkarea person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- tjuvåkarea person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- plankarea person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Ukrainian безбіле́тник, безбіле́тниця
- безбіле́тник (bezbilétnyk)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
- безбіле́тниця (bezbilétnycja)a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
Cite this entry
fare dodger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fare%20dodger
“fare dodger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fare%20dodger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fare dodger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fare%20dodger.
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