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scrounger
UK
/ˈskraʊndʒə/
US
/ˈskraʊndʒɚ/
scroungers
pl
UK
/ˈskraʊndʒə/
US
/ˈskraʊndʒɚ/
Translations
He is known as a scrounger who always asks for money.
Он известен как попрошайка, который всегда просит деньги.
The scrounger never contributes to the household expenses.
Нахлебник никогда не вносит вклад в домашние расходы.
Everyone in the office thinks he's a scrounger because he never buys his own lunch.
Все в офисе считают его халявщиком, потому что он никогда не покупает себе обед.
Definitions
He's known as a scrounger because he always asks for money but never pays it back.
The scrounger at the office always manages to get free lunches from his colleagues.
The tabloids accused so-called benefit scroungers of exploiting the welfare system.
UK
/ˈskraʊndʒə/
US
/ˈskraʊndʒɚ/
Used attributively before a noun (e.g., "scrounger mentality").
Definitions
The politician's scrounger rhetoric offended many citizens.