Meaning of skægbarn | Babel Free

Definitions

An adult male assuming the identity of a child, typically to receive extra perks as an asylum seeker.

colloquial, derogatory

Examples

“Om nogle år har du måske en kone, der er syg, men må dø, for at en terrorist skal få opholdstilladelse, eller fordi regeringen vil have et skægbarn herop ...”

In a few years, you might have a wife who is sick, but has to die so that a terrorist can get a residence permit, or because the government wants to bring a beard-child up here ...

“Hvis det ikke havde været for mors skyld, ville Ricky have ringet efter sine kammerater og bedt dem om at tage med hen i ghettoen for at vise skægbørnene, hvem der bestemte her i Borstafors.”

If it hadn't been for his mother's sake, Ricky would have called his buddies and asked them to go with him to the ghetto to show the beard-children who was in charge here in Borstafors.

“Der har åbenbart floreret et rygte om, at marokkanske såkaldte “skægbørn” står bag voldtægten ...”

Apparently, a rumour has flourished that Moroccon so-called "beard-children" are behind the rape ...

CEFR level