cadged
Scrounged without paying
Cadged is the past tense of cadge, meaning to obtain something by asking for it rather than paying or working for it.
The word carries a slight note of disapproval—suggesting freeloading or mooching: He cadged a cigarette off a stranger, She cadged a ride to the airport.
British usage sometimes implies habitual scrounging.
Taken for temporary use
- moochedObtained through begging
- bummedCasually disappointed or downcast
- spongedObtained by imposing
- scroungedObtained through foraging
solicited · requested · asked · pleaded · implored · entreated · beseeched · wheedled
In shameless manner
- shamelesslyWithout feeling disgrace
- unabashedlyWithout any embarrassment
- cheekilyIn an impudent manner
- boldlyWith fearless confidence
impudently · audaciously · freeloaded · mooched off · imposed · presumed · exploited · chutzpah
borrowed
Taken for temporary use
scrounged · solicited · requested · asked · pleaded · implored · entreated · beseeched · wheedled · cajoled
brazenly
In shameless manner
- shamelesslyWithout feeling disgrace
- unabashedlyWithout any embarrassment
- cheekilyIn an impudent manner
boldly · impudently · audaciously · freeloaded · mooched off · imposed · presumed · exploited · chutzpah · nerve
foraged
Sought wild food
snatched · grabbed · filched · procured · wangled · finagled · obtained · acquired · dug up · gathered
improvised
Created without prior planning
coped · made do · gotten by · subsisted · eked out · stretched · adapted · bootstrapped · ingenuity · self-reliance