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freeload

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free·load  (frld)
intr.v. free·load·ed, free·load·ing, free·loads Slang
To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others.

freeloader n.
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Verb1.freeload - live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"
bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge - ask for and get free; be a parasite


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Let's do a quick review: He's totally not interested in your life back home, freeloads, feels manipulated when he thinks he has to give somebody a present, and appears to not have any close friends.
William Meyers III, solicitor of the department, previously served as the executive director of the Public Lands Council, an arm of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, which supports the right of cattle ranchers to freeload off the federal government by grazing on public lands without paying market rates for it.
Thus, the lax hospital freeloads on the vigilant hospital's investment.
 
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