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Wiktionary
jaywalk

vb. (context chiefly North America legal English) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for cars rather than on the sidewalk.

WordNet
jaywalk

v. cross the road at a red light

Usage examples of "jaywalk".

Harry turned up similar mundane explanations for the actions of my other likelies: Beanie, Jaywalk, Gruesome, and Dreamer.

One quick jaywalk across 23rd to get a paper, a second jaywalk back to the left side of the street, and on to the Metro station.

Michael jaywalked across Market to 2nd Street and entered the world of the homeless, the lawless, and the truly unsavory.

Then Kyle got thrown in jail for jaywalking, which was ridiculous, of course, but they needed time to check out our story.

Kerry Sanders had been stopped for jaywalking on a Los Angeles street in July 1993--while Robert Sanders was still in his New York prison.

Janet decided to cross the street just as a constable walked around a corner, blew his whistle, called her over to him and gave her a jaywalking ticket.

The article closed with a police spokesman-- correction, spokesperson--making some remarks about the dangers of jaywalking, especially in the early-morning darkness.

Policemen are notorious for jaywalking, double-parking, rule-breaking in general.

If a state trooper didn't come by and arrest him for jaywalking, he could die out there.