Scrounge

English

Noun

Scrounge (plural Scrounges)

1. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

Verb

Scrounge (third-person singular simple present Scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)

1. To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
2. To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.

Synonyms

• (obtain from another): blag, cadge (UK only), leech, sponge, wheedle

Derived terms

• scrounger

Thesaurus

abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, beg, boost, borrow, bum, cadge, cadger, come up with, cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, ferret out, filch, freeload, freeloader, hit, hit up, hook, importune, lift, make off with, mooch, nip, nose out, palm, panhandle, parasite, pass the hat, pilfer, pinch, poach, purloin, run away with, rustle, scrape together, scrape up, scrounger, seek out, shoplift, smell out, snare, snatch, snitch, sponger, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, touch, walk off with

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