moocher

English

Etymology

mooch +‎ -er

Noun

moocher (plural moochers)

(chiefly pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
- 2012, The Economist, September 22nd, CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved
  When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:scrounger

Translations

a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others

Chinese:
Mandarin: 乞丐 (zh) (qǐgài)
French: tapeur (fr) m, tapeuse (fr) f
German: Schnorrer (de) m, Schnorrerin f
Japanese: 乞丐 (ja) (きつかい, kitsukai)

Norwegian: snylter m
Russian: попроша́йка (ru) m, f (poprošájka), побиру́шка (ru) m, f (pobirúška) / поберу́шка m, f (poberúška)
Scottish Gaelic: sgimilear m
Swedish: snyltare c
Tagalog: paasa

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