Côte d’Ivoire· informal
taxi sans payer
“a taxi without paying”
Meaning
a police van for people under arrest
Elsewhere
panier à salade
Explanation
Standard French calls the same van a panier à salade, a salad basket, for the wire mesh over the windows. Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso name it for the free ride instead.
Example
Ils l’ont embarqué dans le taxi sans payer devant tout le quartier.
They bundled him into the police van in front of the whole neighbourhood.
Origin
Origin uncertain.
Where
Côte d’Ivoire
Burkina Faso
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