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freeloader

freeloader

English

Noun

freeloader ‎(plural freeloaders)

One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share, usually athletic.
(Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland) An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that is past its sell-by date.

Synonyms

Translations

one who does not contribute or pay appropriately

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不速之客 (zh) ‎(bùsùzhīkè), 食客 (zh) ‎(shíkè)
Dutch: klaploper (nl) m
Finnish: siipeilijä (fi), siivellä eläjä, vapaamatkustaja (fi)
French: resquilleur (fr) m, resquilleuse (fr) f
Georgian: მუქთამჭამელი ‎(muktamč̣ameli)
German: Schmarotzer (de) m, Trittbrettfahrer (de) m, Schnorrer (de) m

Greek: χαραμοφάης (el) m ‎(charamofáis), παράσιτο (el) n ‎(parásito), τζαμπατζής (el) ‎(tzampatzís)
Italian: scroccone (it) m, approfittatore m, parassita (it) m
Japanese: 食客 (ja) ‎(しょっかく, shokkaku, しょっきゃく, shokkyaku)
Russian: нахле́бник (ru) m ‎(naxlébnik), нахле́бница (ru) f ‎(naxlébnica), (slang) халя́вщик (ru) m ‎(xaljávščik), халя́вщица f ‎(xaljávščica), тунея́дец (ru) m ‎(tunejádec), тунея́дка (ru) f ‎(tunejádka)
Spanish: gorrón (es) m

See also

bludger