cadges

verb

present tense third-person singular of cadge
as in requests
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 Synonyms for cadges
  1. requests
  2. coerces
  3. begs
  4. asks
  5. entreats
  6. conjures
  7. demands
  8. requires
Verb
  • The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Districts have to abide by Wisconsin’s open records law, meaning that reams of records are available to anyone who formally requests them.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of requests
Verb
  • However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of coerces
Verb
  • The novel, inarguably ambitious in scope, begs questions of form and content, and the possibilities and pitfalls of publishing outside traditional pathways.
    — Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The warm waffle can be filled with matcha, strawberry soft serve or a swirl of both, then dressed up Pocky sticks for a dessert that practically begs for a photo before the first bite.
    — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of begs
Verb
  • The group also claims to have obtained a playable build of the game and asks users for cryptocurrency donations.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • One day, a stranger hands you a tablet and asks you to identify the correct words in a passage or find information in a chart.
    — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of asks
Verb
  • Huppert entreats her to help locate this potentially deadly ancient tome, and assist in furnishing an all-out vampire gala in the process (replete, again, with dazzling looks).
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Felder entreats us to reject both optimism and cynicism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of entreats
Verb
  • Azure’s modest desert site is surrounded by mountains, and its magic conjures a sense of connection to the landscape, the unending sky, and the free-flowing natural hot mineral water.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The climactic scene in which Paulina conjures us with these words is one of the most breathtaking in Shakespeare.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of conjures
Verb
  • Extended to the realm of foreign policy, this reimagination of the foundations of Western civilization demands a new and distinct grand strategy.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What has been missing is the urgency — and the political will — to respond on the scale this crisis demands.
    — Jason Collins, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of demands
Verb
  • The Broadway production takes that same approach and translates it thrillingly to the stage through an entirely original ghost story that requires no knowledge of anything that’s come before it.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Following a 1990 accident that fractured his spine, Billesdon lives with a paralyzed colon and bladder that requires workplace accommodations and causes severe side effects from medication.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of requires
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