scrounge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scrounge [scrounge scrounges scrounged scrounging] verb, noun BrE [skraʊndʒ] NAmE [skraʊndʒ]
verb transitive, intransitive (informal, disapproving)
to get sth from sb by asking them for it rather than by paying for it
Syn: ↑cadge
•~ (sth) (off/from sb) He's always scrounging free meals off us.
•Can I scrounge a cigarette from you?
•I don't want to spend the rest of my life scrounging off other people.
•~ (for sth) What is she scrounging for this time?
Verb forms:

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

Example Bank:
•I managed to scrounge some food off an old lady.
•street children scrounging for food
•Can I scrounge a cigarette off you?
•Hello, I've come to scrounge some coffee.
•I don't want to spend my life scrounging from other people.
•They had managed to scrounge a free meal.
Idiom: ↑on the scrounge
Derived Word: ↑scrounger
 
noun

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  schnorr, shnorr, cadge, forage