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1. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
   - moocher, cadger, scrounger, bludger [Austral, NZ]

1. [N. Amer] Ask for and get free; be a parasite
   - bum, cadge, grub, sponge, bludge [Austral, NZ]
    
2. [Brit] Be about
   "The high school students like to mooch in the Central Square";
   - loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag [N. Amer], loaf, lallygag [N. Amer], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

Derived forms: mooching, mooches, mooched

Type of: be, beggar, mendicant, obtain

Encyclopedia: Mooch