scrounge
verb
[ skraʊn(d)ʒ ]
• 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"
Similar:
beg,
borrow,
sponge,
bum,
touch someone for,
scab,
cadge,
sorn on someone for,
mooch,
bludge,
scrounge
noun
• an act of scrounging.
• "we went for a scrounge"
Origin:
early 20th century: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’.
on the scrounge
• engaged in scrounging.
• "she's always on the scrounge"
