freeloading
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verb (used without object) Informal.
1.
to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to get by freeloading: He freeloaded several meals a week.
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freeload (ˈfriːˌləʊd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| slang (intr) to act as a freeloader; sponge | |
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Freeloading
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| freeloader (ˈfriːˌləʊdə) | |
| —n | |
| slang a person who habitually depends on the charity of others for food, shelter, etc | |
| 'freeloading | |
| —n | |
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freeload definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Freeloading crows start to contribute to group efforts when hardworking birds become handicapped, a study shows.
Some members suspected that others in the tribe were freeloading, living off the daily tofu without doing much to earn it.
In so doing, they were freeloading off of the rest of society.
Most of the uninsured in this country aren't lazy, freeloading hobos who don't wanna work.
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