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The word RACAILLE is a pejorative term used to designate a person or a category of people, often considered despicable. In its contemporary use, it generally tends to designate thugs or delinquents. The word is also known in verlan as kaïra (quail-ra).

This term refers to:

Individuals whose social role is limited to petty crime [1]. The Racaille is thus a term used to emphasize the non-adherence to the norms in force in society [2]. We speak of "the Racaille of society" to designate a non-integrated fringe, whose social values ​​do not agree with that of the majority, or to which the society refuses to grant full and complete status of "part of society". A despicable group, often one of the poorest in the population [3]. Having for some a socio-economic sense, for others a more socio-cultural meaning, this definition referring to "a despicable mass" does not recognize any individual distinction, its use is therefore invariable in the singular feminine form; sometimes coupled with a partitive: "the scum". "Racaille" generally refers to the mediatized fringes of society, intelligence, motives and privileges for many castes designating them as well. In the "language of cities", the term refers to thugs and members of criminal gangs, but without connotation of exclusion or contempt. On the contrary, it refers to those whose reputation inspires fear or respect. So, in The Cefrans speak to the French. Chronicle of the language of the cities, Boris Seguin and Frederic Teillard, the quote illustrating its use in the cities themselves is "Do you think you're scum? ".  However, this use can only be applied between people from these neighborhoods, and the same people who make it an honorary title in these neighborhoods may feel insulted if they are so qualified by outsiders. This term can be used extensively, to define a part that does not conform to the rules and standard uses, for example "the scum of finance" would designate a part of the individuals working in this field and adopting a deviant behavior, assimilable in this case to financial delinquency.