scrounger
noun [ C ] disapproving uk/ˈskraʊn.dʒər/ us/ˈskraʊn.dʒɚ/
白吃白拿的人
someone who tries to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them
He thinks that people who receive welfare benefits are scroungers. 他认为领取福利金的都是白吃白拿的人。
See: scrounge
- More examples
- I'm not a scrounger, I'm a working man.
- Unemployed people are described as lazy, scroungers, living off the taxpayer, etc.
- I was made to feel like a scrounger - like someone begging for help they had no right to.
- I would like to work to prove I'm not a scrounger.
- his plans to crack down on a hard core of benefit scroungers