English

Alternative forms

• faredodger, fare-dodger

Noun

fare dodger ‎(plural fare dodgers)

1. A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.
   • 1995, Changes in Society, Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe:

     Police officers and prosecutors were forced to spend sizeable proportions of their capacity on arresting and prosecuting faredodgers.

   • 2001, Andrew Tettenborn, Law of Restitution in England and Ireland:

     The fare-dodger and the gate-crasher do, after all, commit a trespass [...]

   • 2011, "Big Man' who threw alleged fare dodger off train in hit internet video is CHARGED with assault", Daily Mail, 22 December 2011:

     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.

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