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Verb: cadge  kaj
Usage: informal
  1. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
    "he is always cadging cigarettes from his friends";
    - schnorr [informal], shnorr [informal], scrounge
     
  2. Ask for and get free; be a parasite
    "He always tries to cadge cigarettes off his coworkers";
    - mooch [N. Amer, informal], bum [informal], grub [informal], sponge [informal], bludge [Austral, NZ, informal], sponge off [informal]

Derived forms: cadging, cadges, cadged

Type of: beg, obtain

Encyclopedia: Cadge