cadged

Example Sentences

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Instead she took a too-expensive Motel 6 room, then couch-surfed, cadged a shared hotel room with a colleague and slept some nights in the airport — which isn’t allowed, she said, but “I chanced it.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

His mother had died when he was 10, leaving him with his father, who cadged work as a mechanic.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

I remember sitting in a cafe one Sunday in my second year, having cadged two hours to study while Jon took the baby alone.

From BBC • May 15, 2019

The battle scenes, which should have the taut realism and intensity of “The Hurt Locker,” instead feel like an unconvincing series of poses cadged from earlier, better war movies.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2019

With an additional $500 cadged from the National Research Council, Lawrence ordered a custom magnet with nine-inch pole faces from the Federal Telegraph Company.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik