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
  • Environmental Protection Information Center, the group that filed the San Francisco lawsuit, did not respond to emails requesting comment.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Ontario International Airport Authority Ontario Airport officials said that federal agents were also on the premises on Tuesday with subpoenas requesting documents related to airport contracts.
    — Zach Boetto, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • Still, there’s a reason Inside the Actors Studio ran for 22 seasons and the most fervent alt-rap acolytes are constantly begging their idols to empty their hard drives.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
  • Online campaigns and Reddit threads pop up regularly begging Planters to revive them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of begging
Verb
  • Rand Paul, in particular, seems bent on getting Fauci prosecuted for allegedly bribing and coercing intelligence officials to aid in his cover-up.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • While appearing to regulate I-9 compliance, its core purpose is to prevent employers from coercing or intimidating vulnerable workers by confiscating or retaining their IDs.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of coercing
Verb
  • The union is asking SCUSD to appeal the decision to California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the wake of Hugging Face, businesses are not only asking how to defend themselves against adversaries but also confronting the stark reality that AI systems designed to safeguard their networks could also turn up in unexpected places.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of asking
Verb
  • Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial emergency service, said the attacker struck dozens of people who were chanting antimilitant slogans and demanding peace.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This has not dissuaded residents from demanding action from city officials.
    — Noah Daly August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • The Georgia Department of Transportation has planned back-to-back closures this weekend and next on different sections of the busy Atlanta interstate, requiring detours and causing significant delays.
    — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • In January, the bank asked the judge to throw out Arbuckle’s claims, arguing that evidence exchanged by both sides showed no key factual disputes requiring a jury to resolve.
    — Chase Jordan July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of requiring
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the palace has been besieged by loutish suitors, led by the scheming Antinous (Robert Pattinson), all of them vying for the queen’s hand in remarriage and mooching off the absent king’s food and wine.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • 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
  • Yet Messi still managed to create a sense of late drama with his hooking passes across the face of Spain’s net, conjuring sudden opportunities out of nothing.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • Of course, once can’t think of the extra-heighted headband without conjuring up an image of Leighton Meester as queen bee Blair Waldorf, who had a wardrobe full of them in all kinds of prints and patterns.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Definition of conjuring

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