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fly-tipper noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈflaɪˌtɪp.ər/ us /ˈflaɪˌtɪp.ɚ/ a person or company that illegally leaves waste or unwanted objects next to a road, in a field, in a river, etc.: Millions of pounds are spent every year removing old mattresses, sofas, fridges and other large items dumped in the countryside by fly-tippers. The council uses hidden cameras to catch fly-tippers. Related words
fly-tip fly-tipping The household rubbish that had been dumped in the ditch and on the road near his home was the work of fly-tippers, he said. Rats swarm over heaps of rubbish left in the alley by fly-tippers. The most blatant fly-tipper I've seen was a builder's lorry that dumped a trailer load of rubble in the middle of the afternoon and just drove off. One council officer was beaten up when she challenged a fly-tipper. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Removing and getting rid of things abandonment banish be scattered to the four windsidiom bin cast someone/something aside/away/off dumping eradication eradication of something erase erasure evacuate evacuate someone from something shedding shoo shrug shrug something off shuck sling toss turf |