CADGE

to beg for, to sponge

ask for and get free

SYN - bum, grub, mooch, sponge

"What he had hated was the way his friends would always cadge cigarettes off of him at the bar and then later laugh at his smoking habit."

"He hated walking down State Street and having to listen to all the people cadge for money."

"There was one thing the rugged invidualist refused to do and that was cadge for the much needed help, he would rather die."