noun
- a person who obtains things by asking for them or searching for them, often without paying
Usage: informal
Examples
- He’s known as the office scrounger, always asking to borrow supplies.
- The scrounger managed to find free food at three different events today.
- Don’t be such a scrounger – buy your own lunch for once.
- She called him a scrounger after he asked to borrow money again.
- The scrounger searched through the dumpster looking for useful items.
- My roommate is a real scrounger who never pays for anything.