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
Most reporters struggled to cadge a ride to the more distant fronts with the dirty soldiers who kept Franco’s forces at bay.
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Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed.
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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.
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Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
4 Dec. 2023
One weekend, a colleague cadged a Chrysler minivan.
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Brett Berk,
Car and Driver,
1 May 2023
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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
One weekend, a colleague cadged a Chrysler minivan.
—
Brett Berk,
Car and Driver,
1 May 2023
See All Example Sentences for cadge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadge
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Packing shoes that look cute but leave your feet begging for mercy by day two.
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Up to this point, Ruthye has begged Supergirl to help her exact revenge on Krem, which the heroine has refused, so the alignment of their goals ends up a convenient happenstance.
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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The decentralized group, created by 15-year-old Bradley Chance Cadenhead in Stephenville, targets children through social media, gaming platforms and messaging apps to coerce them into self-harm and sharing explicit content.
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The Ohio Supreme Court has denied Mackenzie Shirilla's appeal requesting a new trial after she was convicted of murder in 2022.
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Around the same time, PennLive reporter Jenna Wise requested three autopsy reports related to a 2025 crime spree from Susquehanna County Coroner Jessica Chiaramonte.
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Denver’s brass was asked about those comments on Wednesday, and Wallace responded by sharing some thoughts on the team’s internal and external goals.
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The firms asked the judge to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing Uber had failed to prove fraud.
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Surely there were those in attendance, and those watching, who conjured horrible thoughts of Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley being left permanently paralyzed from the chest down after taking a vicious hit from the Oakland Raiders’ Jack Tatum during a 1978 preseason game.
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By treading lightly with finishes, opening up the loft area to more light, and getting clever with storage, Marie channeled the unit’s coastal locale, conjuring up an aesthetic lexicon that suggests the interior of a boat with its clean, functional lines.
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On top of that, Nico is also, quite obviously, just mooching off/clinging to Mindy because he got cut off by his family.
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The Netflix rep says there is no correlation between this change and people mooching off other people's accounts.
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The specially emulsified formula keeps the ceramides evenly dispersed (no shaking required), while the lightweight mist feels especially refreshing on hot, humid summer days.
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Starting with the graduating class of 2031, students will be required to complete the course to earn a diploma.
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Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
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The mother of a man killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in Manhattan is demanding justice for her son.
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“Cadge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadge. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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