riffraff

n.

1. People regarded as disreputable or worthless.
2. Rubbish; trash.

[Middle English riffe raffe, from rif and raf, one and all, from Anglo-Norman rif et raf, rifle et rafle : Old French rifler, to rifle; see rifle² + Old French raffler, to carry off (from raffle, act of seizing; see raffle¹).]

noun

A group of persons regarded as the lowest class: dreg (often used in plural), lumpenproletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, trash. Slang scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See over/under, rich/poor.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: disparaging terms for the common people
  Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pak, ros, udskud

Nederlands (Dutch)
schorriemorrie

Français (French)
n. - populace (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gesindel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συρφετός, όχλος (κν. σκυλολόι), αληταρία, κατακάθια της κοινωνίας

Italiano (Italian)
feccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ralé (f), gentalha (f)

Русский (Russian)
подонки общества, мразь

Español (Spanish)
n. - chusma, gentuza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slödder

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
乌合之众, 贱民, 流氓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 烏合之眾, 賤民, 流氓

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하층민, 천민, 쓰레기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下層民, くず
adj. - つまらない, くだらない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الدهما ء, الرعاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אספסוף, חלאת אדם‬

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