parasitize

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parasitise (UK)

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parasitize (third-person singular simple present parasitizes, present participle parasitizing, simple past and past participle parasitized)

(biology) To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
To behave as a parasite more generally.
Synonyms: mooch, leech, sponge, suck

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live off a host

Afrikaans: parasiteer
Belarusian: паразітава́ць impf or pf (parazitavácʹ)
Bulgarian: паразитирам (parazitiram)
Catalan: parasitar (ca)
Dutch: parasiteren (nl)
Finnish: loisia (fi), olla loisena
French: parasiter (fr)
Galician: parasitar (gl) f
German: parasitieren, schmarotzen (de)
Hungarian: élősködik (hu)
Polish: pasożytować (pl)
Portuguese: parasitar (pt)
Russian: паразити́ровать (ru) impf or pf (parazitírovatʹ)
Spanish: parasitar (es)
Swedish: parasitera (sv)
Ukrainian: паразитува́ти impf or pf (parazytuváty)
Upper Sorbian: pochlěbować impf
Vietnamese: kí sinh (vi)
Yiddish: פּאַראַזיטירן (parazitirn)