as in parasites
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
unfortunately, too many people at the community potluck were moochers who didn't bring any food of their own
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Noun
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Yesterday's [podcast] was on interspecific brood parasites.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026 -
After decades of snubbing fungi as parasites or passive tubes, the escalating tally of their functions has led researchers to consider mycorrhizae a missing link in climate studies.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That will weed out the frauds, freeloaders and slumlords.—
Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Mar. 2026
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Under Bolsonaro, state funding dried up, and the government painted artists as freeloaders wasting taxpayer money.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Moochers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moochers. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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