ride pillion

English

Verb

ride pillion (third-person singular simple present rides pillion, present participle riding pillion, simple past rode pillion, past participle ridden pillion)

  1. To travel on the back seat of a motorcycle.
    Synonyms: pillion, (slang) ride bitch
    • 1999 August 16, Philip Willan, “Mafia sets up crime academy to train child assassins”, in The Guardian‎:
      The Mafia has set up a school for teenage killers in the southern Sicilian countryside, where pupils as young as 11 are taught to shoot, assemble weapons and ride pillion on motor-scooters.
    • 2018 January 26, Joe Parkin Daniel, “Colombia motorbike ban: Bogotá mayor forbids pillion riders in bid to curb crime”, in The Guardian‎:
      Bike riders swarm through rush-hour traffic on Friday and clash with police after mayor targets passengers riding pillion

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