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moocher
noun
[ ˈmuːtʃə ]
• a person who lives off others without giving anything in return.
• "no one gave me any handouts like these moochers expect"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘person who loiters aimlessly’): from mooch + -er1.