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   scrounge

   /skraʊn(d)ʒ/

   verb

   • 1. seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth: "he had managed to scrounge a free meal"
   • ▪ search for or obtain by searching.

   noun

   • 1. an act of scrounging: "we went for a scrounge"

   Word Origin early 20th century: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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