scrounge
US /skraʊndʒ/
UK /skraʊndʒ/
1.
ăn cướp
to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them:
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Peter never buys anything - he just scrounges (off his friends).
1.
ăn cướp
Someone who is on the scrounge is asking people for things or for money:
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At college he was always broke and on the scrounge.