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freeloading

ADJECTIVE
parasitic
Synonyms


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If I'm being honest, two percent is not enough, and so two percent is freeloading.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

What Washington expects in return, he said, is that regional countries stop freeloading off American security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Some users in Korea on social media have said cagonjok are also freeloading electricity.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

Netflix registered its third consecutive quarter of faster subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on freeloading viewers and price hikes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

“That means he writes movies. But he can’t sell them, so he’s freeloading on my parents.”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu


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