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freeload

[ free-lohd, -lohd ]

verb (used without object)

Informal.
  1. to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.


verb (used with object)

  1. to get by freeloading:

    He freeloaded several meals a week.

freeload

/ ˈڰːˌəʊ /

verb

  1. slang.
    intr to act as a freeloader; sponge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ڰlDze noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of freeload1

1950–55, Americanism; back formation from freeloader ( free + load + -er 1 )
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Example Sentences

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Answer: Unfortunately, the IRS doesn’t consider freeloading relatives as one of the hardships that can modify the home sales exclusion rules.

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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.

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Netflix registered its third consecutive quarter of faster subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on freeloading viewers and price hikes.

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Online critics have decried “full-time children” as a euphemism for freeloading off one’s parents, which has traditionally been known by another name, kenlao — literally translated as “gnawing on the elderly.”

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“Elizabeth Warren actually called me a freeloading grifter who doesn’t pay taxes, when I’m literally paying the most tax of any individual in history,” he says.

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