verb
- asking for or obtaining something (especially money or food) by begging or persistent requests
Usage: informal
Examples
- He’s always cadging cigarettes from his coworkers.
- She spent the afternoon cadging spare change downtown.
- Stop cadging money from your parents and get a job.
- The student was cadging free meals from the cafeteria.
- They were cadging rides to school every morning.
- He’s been cadging favors from neighbors all week.