scrounge
verb [I or T] /skraʊndʒ/ informalDefinition
› to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them: Peter never buys anything - he just scrounges (off his friends).Making appeals and requests scrounger /ˈskraʊn.dʒər/
/-dʒɚ/ noun [C] disapproving › He thinks that people who receive state benefits are scroungers.Unpleasant people in generalUnpleasant men
/-dʒɚ/ noun [C] disapproving › He thinks that people who receive state benefits are scroungers.Unpleasant people in generalUnpleasant men(Definition of scrounge verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a cry for help idiom
- apply verb (REQUEST)
- ask for sb phrasal verb
- behest noun
- beseech verb
- besought verb
- bum verb
- cadge verb
- claim noun (DEMAND)
- claim verb (DEMAND)
- gateway noun
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- implore verb
- out with it! idiom
- petition noun
- petition verb
- put in for sth phrasal verb
- reapply verb (ASK)
- sponge verb (GET MONEY)
- tap sb for sth phrasal verb
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