mooched

past tense of mooch
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as in begged
to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way

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as in snuck
to move about in a sly or secret manner I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooched
Verb
  • The Eagles attacked Skinner again, and the home crowd begged for a flag after the safety aggressively defended tight end Dallas Goedert, but no penalty was called.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The situation worsened and the friends begged Thomas to use his KPop Demon Hunters knowledge to help them.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • Valora had previously wandered away from home in 2020 and was later found a few hours later at a nearby church, according to the site.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From a tiny blind dog who wandered the streets of North Carolina, to a sweet boxer mix struggling with kennel stress in Texas, here are some recent shelter stories from across the country.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Browning just threw one up to Ja’Marr Chase for the ice-breaker then hit him on a bomb and then snuck another one in on a simple flag route to Tee Higgins.
    Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Jimmy Kimmel Live host's longtime rival snuck onto the show disguised as Frankie Focus, the new mascot for New York education who was introduced in tandem with the state's school cellphone ban.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Best Remote Controlled Toy Prehistoric creatures may have roamed the earth millions of years ago, but this toy brings them back to life in a way that will thrill and delight your child.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • When family driver Uncle Phoon – played by Taiwanese veteran Jack Kao – tells them stories of triad gangs who once roamed the streets of colonial Singapore, the girls decide to form their own gang.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Was Blass’s mental block a sign of what lurked on the other side of these quotidian failures?
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For weeks, the New York Ripper case has lurked on the periphery of the series — a boogeyman that the show kept hinting was someone in Dexter’s life.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • On Thursday, April 3, Carey and Monroe strolled into the room while Moroccan was live on the streaming platform Twitch for about 10 minutes playing video games with friends.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Backed by an excellent band complete with a banjo and a fiddle, along with a lighting and effects rig that made the big moments really pop, Shaboozey strolled through his new material while building up to the marquee moment.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For a date night out, Sánchez then slipped into a daring crimson number by Vivienne Westwood, the design featured a low neckline and and ruching that added an extra leggy element to the look.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Over the last 40-plus decades, Springsteen has slipped all 10 of its songs into setlists, whether on solo tours and with the E Street Band.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Early snow had drifted half way to my knees in the timber.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This week, Caedan smiled thinking back on his grandmother, then again as his mind drifted to the single mother and two children her legacy now touches.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Mooched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooched. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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