noun, feminine/ʁa.kaj/plural: racailles
people, mainly young, who engage in antisocial behaviour; rabble, riffraff; rascals
“resident: Monsieur Sarkozy, est-ce que vous pouvez nous débarrasser de cette racaille ?” — resident: Mr. Sarkozy, can you get rid of this rabble for us? Sarkozy: You want us to get rid of this rabble? We're on the case.
Synonyms: fripouille
Inherited from Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). Cognate with English rascal.