moocher

English

Etymology

mooch +‎ -er

Noun

moocher (plural moochers)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
   • 2012 September 22, “CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved”, in The Economist:

     When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrounger

Derived terms

• molly moocher

Translations

a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乞丐 (zh) (qǐgài)

• Czech: somrák m, loudil m
• Dutch: bietser (nl) m, profiteur (nl) m, parasiet (nl) m
• Finnish: lokki (fi)
• French: tapeur (fr) m, tapeuse (fr) f
• Galician: pedichón m, aprobeitado
• German: Schnorrer (de) m, Schnorrerin (de) f
• Japanese: 乞丐 (ja) (きつかい, kitsukai)
• Norwegian: snylter m
• Russian: попроша́йка (ru) m or f (poprošájka), побиру́шка (ru) m or f (pobirúška) / поберу́шка m or f (poberúška)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgimilear m
• Swedish: snyltare (sv) c
• Tagalog: paasa