to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility
after college, he freeloaded off his parents for several years before finally moving out
In the wake of Princess Diana's death in 1997, the queen tends to affairs privately yet butts heads with Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen), who begs her to address the nation.
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