mooch
Beg without asking
Mooch means to get something without paying or working for it, usually by exploiting others' generosity: He's always mooching cigarettes off coworkers.
A mooch is someone who habitually does this—the friend who never reaches for the check, the roommate who empties your fridge.
The word carries judgment: mooching implies taking advantage rather than genuine need.
To mooch around (British) is to wander aimlessly or loiter.
Absorbent cleaning material
freeloader · sponger · hanger-on · deadbeat · bludge · parasite · user · taker
Geographic arm of territory
- bumIdle vagrant
- cadgeObtain by begging
- solicitRequest with persistence
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
hit up · ask · plead · wheedle · spare change · handout · coins · corner
sponge
Absorbent cleaning material
leech · freeloader · sponger · hanger-on · deadbeat · bludge · parasite · user · taker · dependent
panhandle
Geographic arm of territory
hustle · hit up · ask · plead · wheedle · spare change · handout · coins · corner · sidewalk
amble
Relaxed, slow gait
roam · drift · loiter · linger · dawdle · idle · loaf · mosey · putter · mope
skulk
Move with secretive intent
pilfer · swipe · filch · steal · nick · pinch · lift · pocket · thief · sneaky
- annoying peoplepest, hecklers, nuisance, meddlers, bore
- freeloadersfreeloader, sponge, sponger, scrounger, scrounge
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- hangers-onhanger-on, tagalong, leech, parasite, freeloader
- moochingfreeloader, freeloading, sponger, sponging, leech
moochgive
To transfer possession
donate · provide · contribute · share · pay one's way
- mooching offExploiting others' generosity
- mooch offHabitually take advantage
- mooched offTook without reciprocating
- mooches offHabitually takes from others