as in to beg
to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility after college, he freeloaded off his parents for several years before finally moving out

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Recent Examples of freeload Part of last year’s subscription growth flowed from a crackdown on viewers who had been freeloading off Netflix subscribers who shared their account passwords. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024 Both Russian and Chinese firms are discovering that their ability to freeload off the liberal international order has been compromised. Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2023 The company added 6 million subscribers last quarter after the streaming company began to hassle users to get their own accounts rather than freeload off another household’s. Alan Murray, Fortune, 20 July 2023 In October, Netflix introduced the Profile Transfer function to encourage freeloading users to register for their own accounts. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for freeload 

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“Freeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeload. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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