(~s, scrounging, ~d)
If you say that someone ~s 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 ~ enough money to get his car out of the car park...
The government did not give them money, forcing them to ~ for food.
VERB: V n, V for n disapproval