"wrong-way driver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wrong-way drivers [plural]
Etymology: From wrong way + driver. Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrong-way driver (plural wrong-way drivers)
  1. A driver who drives in the unpermitted direction, particularly on a highway. Categories (topical): Automotive, People Synonyms: ghost driver Translations (Driver driving in the unpermitted direction): spøgelsesbilist (Danish), spookrijder [masculine] (Dutch), conducteur fantôme [masculine] (French), conductrice fantôme [feminine] (French), condutor kamikaze [masculine] (Galician), condutora kamikaze [feminine] (Galician), Falschfahrer [masculine] (German), Falschfahrerin [feminine] (German), Geisterfahrer [masculine] (German), Geisterfahrerin [feminine] (German), guidatore in contromano (english: driver in wrong-way) (Italian), conductor kamikaze [masculine] (Spanish), conductora kamikaze [feminine] (Spanish), kamikaze [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), spökförare (Swedish)
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          "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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          "english": "driver in wrong-way",
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          "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
      "word": "spøgelsesbilist"
    },
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    {
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      ],
      "word": "Geisterfahrer"
    },
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "english": "driver in wrong-way",
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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    },
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      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
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      "word": "kamikaze"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Driver driving in the unpermitted direction",
      "word": "spökförare"
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