scrounger
noun/ˈskraʊndʒə(r)/
/ˈskraʊndʒər/
(informal, disapproving)- a person who gets something by asking other people to give it to them, rather than by paying or working for it
- Some politicians were unfairly dismissing unemployed people as scroungers.
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