1. people who obtain things by asking for them or searching for them without paying
Usage: informal; often disapproving

Examples

• The scroungers went through the neighborhood asking for spare change.
• She called them scroungers because they never bought their own lunch.
• The office scroungers always took extra supplies from the supply room.
• Local scroungers searched the dumpsters for useful items.
• He didn’t want to be seen as one of the scroungers at the food bank.
• The scroungers waited outside the restaurant for leftover food.