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scrounger

[ UK /skɹˈa‍ʊnd‍ʒɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

How To Use scrounger In A Sentence

  • The dad denied his family were scroungers and vowed to support his daughter and new granddaughter. The Sun
  • It would encourage scroungers not to work as the unemployed would be exempt from the charges. The Sun
  • He works as a factory food packer and hit back at critics who say his countryfolk are scroungers. The Sun
  • The new government promised to clamp down on welfare scroungers.
  • Public servants are not work-shy scroungers. Times, Sunday Times
  • Is it to shame scroungers or make them rich fast? The Sun
  • Forget all that, forget any sort of reasonable discussion, let's just call them thieving scroungers again.
  • Is it to shame scroungers or make them rich fast? The Sun
  • Well, as it's one of the things is 'consistancy' and seeing as you have the ability to volunteer all over the place but not work I call into question everything you have to say on the subject as you're a scrounger, playing the system, who could work but chooses not to, and as such should be held to account at every opportunity. Army Rumour Service
  • He thinks that people who receive state benefits are scroungers.
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