cadging

verb

present participle of cadge
as in requesting
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 cadging 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadging
  1. requesting
  2. begging
  3. coercing
  4. asking
  5. demanding
  6. requiring
  7. mooching
  8. conjuring
Verb
  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The complaint seeks damages, profits from the allegedly infringing work, and an injunction preventing Hatchet from being sold or exhibited, while also requesting that the painting either be turned over to Reemtsen or destroyed.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • The premise is begging for those capable of delivering big expressions to capture what the F1 drama would have been like in the 1960s.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Vibrant, saturated, and summer-ready, a juicy orange base is begging to be part of your next manicure.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 July 2026
Definition of begging
Verb
  • Travis Reed, who was a fire captain with the now-defunct Briar Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to coercing a minor into producing child pornography in September, according to a summary of facts in the case.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
  • The Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression Act would prohibit federal agencies and employees from coercing or trying to coerce broadcasters and providers of online services or AI services into changing content.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
Definition of coercing
Verb
  • Nester also called into question the security protocols surrounding the event, asking Bagley about how many officers were assigned and other preparations.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Shipwrecked includes recordings of a series of increasingly astonishing phone calls between Schettino and the Italian Coast Guard, with the latter repeatedly asking him to clarify the nature of the emergency.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Definition of asking
Verb
  • Moreover, despite the faster processing time, the material retains the characteristics required for demanding aerospace applications.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
  • Originally designed for fighter pilots, the Avenger collection is built for demanding environments where precision and durability are essential, according to the company.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • Washington is alone in legally requiring such proactive outreach to the news media, the Federation of State Medical Boards says.
    — Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
  • Personal wealth may also grow outside of the business, requiring coordination between business and personal planning.
    — Blake Harris, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of requiring
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
Definition of mooching
Verb
  • While critics mostly embraced Harris’ brutal commitment to conjuring such a twisted tale, Amazon MGM put out a muddled sales pitch that grossed under $5 million domestically.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • In Johannesburg’s inner city, entire blocks fell silent as street vendors cleared out and retail shops pulled steel shutters down, conjuring up memories of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of conjuring

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