Gatecrasher

'Gatecrasher', originally slang but now in common usage, refers to a person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation. The term gatecrasher, though it sounds like someone battering down a barrier, more typically refers to someone sneaking in, or talking their way past a ticket taker, or some other stealthy technique, rather than a confrontational encounter.

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'Gatecrasher' is also similar in meaning to turnstile jumper, a person who, for example, rides a subway by slipping over or around a turnstile without payment.

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The terms "gatecrashing" and "gatecrasher" are sometimes contracted to "crashing" and "crasher".

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