キセル乗じょう車しゃ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

fare evasion by buying only the first and last segments

Refers to the practice of purchasing tickets only for this word and exit stations, skipping payment for the middle portion of a train journey. The term comes from the resemblance to a kiseru pipe, where only the ends are metal.

• キセル乗じょう車しゃは不ふ正せい乗じょう車しゃの一いっ種しゅで、鉄てつ道どう会がい社しゃに損そん害がいを与あたえる。

  Kiseru-jōsha is a type of fare evasion that causes losses to railway companies.

• 彼かれはキセル乗じょう車しゃをして捕つかまった。

  He was caught evading the fare by buying only the first and last tickets.