cadged; cadging; cadges
: to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge
… he got mixed up with this dreadful girl who cadged chewing gum from the American soldiers and sneered at him.—Eva Ibbotson
Teens are spending huge amounts of money themselves, some of it cadged from their families and the rest from after-school jobs.—Peg Tyre et al.
… Coleman, as the 15-year-old sports editor of his high school newspaper in Corpus Christi, Texas, once cadged an interview out of Jack Dempsey.—Jack McCallum
also
: to take, use, or borrow (something) without acknowledgment
Later, when she orders the Athenian senators to step down or die, their unlikely answer—"We no longer are defensible"—is cadged from "Henry V." —Jesse Green
cadger
noun
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