freeloader
freeloader
definition
noun
They look like a bunch of freeloaders trying to take advantage of the whole situation.
a person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return.
example
Is a mother who receives a contribution towards a sterilisation unit for her baby's milk bottles a 'freeloader' ?
You're much better off to be a 'freeloader' - let other people have the kids who will be future taxpayers.
Nothing seems so corrosive of social welfare as the sense that people in similar circumstances are 'freeloading' at work or on benefit.
Refugees are frequently termed 'freeloaders' and spongers by resentful Irish, even by certain politicians.
He noted that the absence of security around the salt pile probably led the 'freeloaders' to just help themselves, but the loss has since motivated the company to put some security fencing around the dwindling salt pile.
I figure that once I reach the age when I'm no longer 'freeloading' off the government (I don't pay taxes as yet), I'll get as self-righteous as the rest of them, and then maybe some more.
But some people deserve bad reputations - liars, cheats, 'freeloaders' and others who manipulate and abuse our trust.
Callous 'freeloaders' have been using a skip in St Mary's Cemetery, Carlow to dump their domestic refuse.
Even though I've never committed a crime and don't have a criminal record, police have harassed me and physically harmed me - they seem to think all aboriginals are drunks or criminals or 'freeloaders' .
They look like a bunch of 'freeloaders' trying to take advantage of the whole situation.
In principle, she was concerned about the increasing lack of ‘interaction’ in the shop, not so much the fact that these Wi-Fi 'freeloaders' were occupying space without buying a single cup of coffee.
If there are too many 'freeloaders' that means thin soup and rice, and if nobody volunteers to cook, nobody eats.
They will attend as many cocktail parties, skiing holidays and hunt meetings as it takes to convince us they're not a bunch of privileged 'freeloaders' .
From images of the single welfare mother to the overemphasis on welfare fraud, people in poverty are painted as lazy 'freeloaders' who prefer to live off public tax dollars than be financially independent.
While it is quite capable of locating its own food with its keen vision, more commonly it 'freeloads' off the food-finding capabilities of the turkey vulture.
They say sports writing is just another job, that it is work like anyone else's, and should not be described by disgruntled spectators who pay at the gate as 'freeloading' .
Hundreds of 'freeloaders' have skipped the park's $5 gate price, opting simply to view the pyrotechnics from the embankment on the north side of the road.
We've been 'freeloading' on this planet long enough.
It's as if someone's taken all the worst parts of every London venue, added in the usual 'freeloaders' braying in your ear while the band are playing, and stuck them in an all-new, shiny place just to ruin any gig you fancy going to.
I see Westminster and its enormous amount of 'freeloaders' as being less and less relevant to me.
They were consummate 'freeloaders' , shamelessly begging food and hospitality.
From my low vantage point I noticed the back bumper of a bus we were behind had inverted nails fixed to it, presumably to keep 'freeloaders' from hitching a ride.
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