cadge

verb

Definition of cadgenext
as in to beg
to persuade someone to give you (something) for free He spent his time trying to cadge drinks from the customers. She cadged money from her sister.

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Recent Examples of cadge To her horrified astonishment, Miss Manners has received a number of letters reporting that guests are taking gross advantage of hospitality by cadging future meals. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2026 Most reporters struggled to cadge a ride to the more distant fronts with the dirty soldiers who kept Franco’s forces at bay. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025 Ansa works in a Helsinki supermarket, collecting expired food and cadging the odd casserole for her dinner. — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cadge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadge
  1. beg
  2. coerce
  3. request
  4. ask
  5. conjure
  6. mooch
  7. require
  8. demand
Verb
  • At one point on the open sea, a smaller raft that had started to leak floated over, and a mother begged them to take her ten-year-old son.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • The event begged to be examined in its longitudinal fullness.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of beg
Verb
  • Researchers found that staff pressured and coerced those held there into abandoning immigration claims and accepting removal to third countries if they could not be sent back to their own country.
    — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • That’s one thing; ballplayers love nothing more than throwing around large sums of money to coerce normal humans to do unspeakable tasks.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of coerce
Verb
  • Knapp emphasized that the department would never contact residents to request bank information, PIN numbers or ask individuals to transfer money between accounts.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • Telemundo Noticias requested comments from ICE and Core Civic, the company that manages California City, but did not receive a response.
    — Albinson Linares, NBC news, 18 July 2026
Definition of request
Verb
  • Of significance, the city is asking the Blazers to pay $3 million annually for a property tax offset, which would escalate over time.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Some hospitality workers may have been asked to work longer hours during the games for higher pay – but that wouldn’t show up meaningfully in the jobs report.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of ask
Verb
  • But the version of the classical hero that the film conjures up nevertheless embodies the great preoccupation of Nolan’s filmography.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
  • Any mention of a three‑ or four-night sailing to someplace warm is likely to conjure up a picture of a floating keg party or an unsolicited opinion that a cruise of such brevity isn’t enough to appreciate a new corner of the world.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026
Definition of conjure
Verb
  • On top of that, Nico is also, quite obviously, just mooching off/clinging to Mindy because he got cut off by his family.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The Netflix rep says there is no correlation between this change and people mooching off other people's accounts.
    — Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of mooch
Verb
  • But using open source models does often require more technical expertise on the part of the companies deploying them.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • The new law also now requires any presumptive large-scale data center to receive a public hearing from its local water management district before the district can issue a water use permit.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of require
Verb
  • That Messi was one, and the one who decided it late, was demanded of the moment —Messi delivering as usual.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Analysts said that recent volatility and valuation changes demand greater selectivity.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of demand

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“Cadge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadge. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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