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freeloading

ADJECTIVE
parasitic
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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

Answer: Unfortunately, the IRS doesn’t consider freeloading relatives as one of the hardships that can modify the home sales exclusion rules.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2025

I’d been in the same room with the ambassador every minute that he was in our house, and besides, that overstuffed, freeloading bureaucrat was too self-involved to ever commit murder.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson



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