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    scrounger
    /ˈskraʊn(d)ʒə/

    noun

    • 1. a person who borrows from or lives off others: informal, derogatory "welfare scroungers"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCROUNGER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    A scrounger is someone who tries to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and translations of scrounger from Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scroungerScrounger Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Scrounge is a verb that means to steal, swipe, or get something by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing. A scrounger is someone who does this. See synonyms, examples, and word history of scrounge.

  4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › scroungerscrounger noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    noun. /ˈskraʊndʒə (r)/ /ˈskraʊndʒər/ (informal, disapproving) a person who gets something by asking other people to give it to them, rather than by paying or working for it. Some politicians were unfairly dismissing unemployed people as scroungers. Take your English to the next level.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › scroungerScrounger - definition of scrounger by The Free Dictionary

    A scrounger is someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) or who forages about in an effort to acquire something at no cost. Find out the origin, usage and translations of the word scrounger in different languages.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scroungerScrounger - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    scrounger. Other forms: scroungers. Definitions of scrounger. noun. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) synonyms: cadger, mooch, moocher. see more.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCROUNGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to get something by asking for it instead of buying it or working for it, or to gather something you want or need from what is available: [ T ] Baxter scrounged furniture and equipment from local businesses. [ I ] A black cat scrounged through piles of litter.

  8. www.wordreference.com › definition › scroungerscrounger - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb scrounge, which means to borrow without expecting to repay or to gather by searching around. Find synonyms, examples, etymology and forum discussions of scrounge and related words.