freeloading

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free·load

(frē′lōd′)

intr.v. free·load·ed, free·load·ing, free·loads Slang

To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others.

free′load′er n.

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freeloading

adjective

Slang. Of or characteristic of a parasite:

bloodsucking, parasitic, parasitical.

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The White House says President Trump is tired of "foreign freeloading".

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He also said Sison is only prolonging the peace process so he can "milk the situation and continue freeloading in the Netherlands as well as enjoying the donations and grants by socialist organizations to his group."

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"I am asking the Congress to pass legislation that finally takes on the problem of global freeloading and delivers fairness and price transparency for American patients," Trump stated.

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Worse, other family members also try to score free treatments, including ES' Freeloading Sibling), who is actually the face of a competing beauty service provider.

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The president framed this approach as a way to push back against"freeloading" by foreign countries that pay less for US pharmaceuticals.

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President Donald Trump, taking aim at "global freeloading," said on Thursday his administration would seek to lower prescription drug prices by basing what the government's Medicare program pays for some medications on the lower prices paid in other countries.

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Maris thinks Trump's focus will be on how other countries are "freeloading" on U.S.

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That freeloading lump of self-entitlement Andrew, who insisted on being treated like the demi-God his elder brother is, and his mater, who felt guilty at the way Margaret was treated, caved in.

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"The next Labour government will end the privatisation of our public sector, and stop households being ripped off by freeloading water companies."