Learn English – What would you call someone who sneaks into and stays in places where they have to be signed up, e.g. classes/country clubs

word-request

At my school I used to be in athletics class even though I didn’t sign up or paid to be there, I just simply started acting as if I was part of the team. How would you call a person like that?

Best Answer

An informal term for this is gate-crasher.

From Dictionary.com,

gate-crasher

noun, Informal.

  1. a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.

There is also the verb gate-crash. As already noted, the shorted form crash is often used.