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scrounge / skrounj/ inf. • v. [tr.] seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth: he had managed to scrounge a free meal | [intr.] we didn't scrounge off the social security. • n. [in sing.] an act of seeking to obtain something in such a way.DERIVATIVES: scroung·er n.
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