Synonyms of mooch
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Another word for mooch is leech. Other synonyms of mooch are beg, blag, bum, cadge and mump.
Synonyms and similar words for mooch
verbTo beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- leechTo drain (resources) without giving back.
- beg
- blagTo obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
- bum[with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- cadgeTo obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- mumpTo deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- scroungeTo obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
- scungeTo scrounge; to borrow.
- sponge
- tapTo ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give...
- wheedle
verbTo steal or filch.
- steal
- abduct
- abstract euphemistic
- appropriate
- bag
- banditTo rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- bash and grabTo perform such an act.
- bone
- boost
- burgle
- burglarizeTo commit burglary.
- borrow
- cheat
- chore
- commandeer
- confiscateTo use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- convert
- cop
- cozen
- crib
- embezzleTo steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for...
- filchTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
- fleece
- flog AustraliaTo steal something.
- gaffle
- gilravage Scotland
- half-inch slangTo pinch, to steal.
- heaveTo rob; to steal from; to plunder.
- heistTo steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- jack
- kidnapTo seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
- knock offTo rob.
- kipeTo steal.
- kyper
- liberate
- lift
- loot
- make off with
- misappropriate
- moonlight requisitionTo steal or use materiel without authorization.
- nick
- nipTo steal; especially to cut a purse.
- own
- peculateTo embezzle.
- pickpocketTo pick pockets; to steal.
- pilferTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- pinchTo steal, usually something inconsequential.
- pillageTo loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- pirate
- plunder
- poach
- prigTo filch or steal.
- purloin
- raid
- ransack
- rapeTo seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.).
- relieve
- reave
- rip
- rip off
- rob
- run off with
- snag
- snatchTo steal.
- swindle
- swipeTo steal or snatch.
- thieveTo commit theft.
- walk off with
- mill obsolete
- sniggle obsoleteTo steal something of little value.
- snitch dated
nounOne who mooches; a moocher.
- bloodsucker
- bludger Australia, slangA person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.
- freeloaderOne who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
- free riderSomeone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.
- gadfly slangA person who takes without giving back; a bloodsucker.
- moocher
- parasiteA person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
- scroungerOne who scrounges.
- sponger
- suckerA parasite; a sponger.
- bummer US, datedAn idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
- smell-feast archaicOne who is apt to find and frequent places where good food is available; especially one who comes uninvited to a meal...
- trencher mate archaic
nounSynonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).
- ScaramucciA unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications...
Meaning of mooch
- verb To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
- verb To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- verb To steal or filch.
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