/moohch/ , Slang.
v.t.
1. to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
2. to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge: He always mooches cigarettes.
3. to beg.
4. to steal.
v.i.
5. to skulk or sneak.
6. to loiter or wander about.
n.
7. Also, moocher . a person who mooches.
Also, mouch .
[ 1425-75; late ME, appar. var. of ME michen muchier to skulk, hide ]