scrounger
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈskraʊn.dʒər/us/ˈskraʊn.dʒɚ/someone whotriesto get things,especiallymoneyorfood, byaskingfor theminsteadofbuyingthem orworkingfor them:
Hethinksthatpeoplewhoreceivewelfarebenefitsare scroungers.
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scrounge
- I'm not a scrounger, I'm aworkingman.
- Unemployedpeoplearedescribedaslazy, scroungers,livingoff thetaxpayer, etc.
- I was made tofeellike a scrounger - like someonebeggingforhelpthey had norightto.
- I would like toworktoproveI'm not a scrounger.
- hisplanstocrackdown on a hardcoreofbenefitscroungers