SCROUNGE


Meaning of SCROUNGE in English

(~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

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