SCROUNGE


Meaning of SCROUNGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skraʊndʒ ]

( scrounges, scrounging, scrounged)

If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it. ( INFORMAL )

Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...

The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.

VERB : V n , V for n [ disapproval ]

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