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racaille 

Montreal definition:
A "ghetto teenager", usually from the north east francophone and immigrant part of the city. Probably has a cauliflower perm (see gif).
Racailles probably do drugs in Parc Jarry, Parc Ahuntsic or Parc Kent. They are pretty chill and inoffensive compared to French racailles. They probably talk in montreal slang, using terms like "*kesspass ranceuse*", "sws coco?" "gyu bhay" "c'est la hesse".

They often speak/swear in arab, but are from any ethnic background - arab, asian, black, east european and even quebs.
"Hey, did you hear Jeanne has a new boyfriend?"
"Yeah, he's a racaille. He slid in her dms and asked her 'sws coco?' and they've been inseparable since."
racaille by gyuranceuse September 12, 2021

racaille 

A French gangster that wears a Lacoste cap, usually tight jeans or sweatpants; commonly mistaken for a fag, but often more dangerous than any gangsta you'll find in the States.
Holy fuck, man, that racaille just jacked all my shit and threatened 2 fuckin stab me!
racaille by Max April 16, 2006

racaille 

A french slang for "hustla"or "thug".
The racailles come from da french ghettoS where they spend a hard knock life with their families and homies.
A racaille is often more dangerous than an amrican gangsta because they all keep training (boxing...) in or out of the french prisons. They live a real ghetto soldier life.
"hey George, don't take this way, there're a lot of racailles who control this area"
racaille by Don Gizzzzle May 11, 2007

racaille 

A racaille is a French thug, usually of Arab origins, who is distinguishable by his clothes: a Lacoste cap, a collared t-shirt, bright coloured shell suit bottoms preferably tucked into nike socks, and a phone hanging from his neck.

Female Racailles do exist, but are not as abundant as males.
If the Racailles stopped buying the Lacoste collection, then our sales would plumit.

I wouldn't go to Chatelet-les-halles if I were you, you might get beaten up by some Racailles.
racaille by La Parisienne July 29, 2008

racaille 

Derogatory, usually discriminatory by confusion

Etym. "Bad race, social garbage"
1. Young delinquent.
2. Young french male of Arab origins wearing trademarked sportswear or classic wear or a mix of both.
I never go in this area, it's full of racaille.
So how can you say they are racaille in the first place?
racaille by #come&see March 31, 2020
A montreal group of young ethnic adolescent men, usually of Arab or african descent, known to live in the poor ghetto northeastern areas of montreal as well as Chomedey, Laval. They are known for their debochery of the french language with terms such as "kespass renceuse" "wsh kho" and are usually illiterate drug dealing imbeciles.

They are commonly spotted dressed in the tightest pants imaginable with some form of branded zip-up hoodie and sachel, colloquially "sach". They also often have curly dirty hair that seemingly hasn't known an effective wash in days, months or years.

Common names include: "mo", "amin", "wassim", "mamadou" etc.

If you come accross a racaille its best to either ask them "c qui ton patenais" or to simply run the other way, always lock your car doors as they are known for car stealing and hijacking.
These fucking racailles smell like shit.

Her boyfriend is a racaille
Racaille by anonymous December 4, 2025
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