Resquilleur

Source: Libération Online

In the article entitled Gare du Nord : le voyageur sans billet «n’est pas un clandestin», selon son avocat, I came across the word “resquilleur”.

Le resquilleur a été placé en détention provisoire jusqu’à cette date.

The word resquilleur can have quite a few meanings dependant on its context:

Fare-dodger, line-jumper, gatecrasher

In this particular context, it is known that we are dealing with a fare-dodger. We could translate the entire sentence as:

The fare-dodger has been retained in custody until this date.

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