freeloader
f ree loh der
- n someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
- What we're getting at these sales isn't the usual freebie junk either, says Lee Seats, a self-described "avid freeloader" who manages the free-stuff site on About.
- His chapter on Henry David Thoreau as Mamma's boy and great American freeloader is a model of concision and balance.
- In the most heated political and policy debates of recent years, black men have seen themselves cast, sometimes openly, sometimes with a wink and a nod, as the welfare freeloader .