Translations for „cadge“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . cadge [kæʤ] inf VB trans

to cadge sth off [or from] sb

etw von jdm schnorren inf

he's always cadging free meals off his clients

er lässt sich von seinen Kunden immer zum Essen einladen

II . cadge [kæʤ] inf VB intr

cadge

betteln

cadge

schnorren inf

I think she was cadging for a bed for the night

ich glaube, sie war auf eine kostenlose Schlafgelegenheit aus

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to cadge sth off [or from] sb

etw von jdm schnorren inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We know he hated journalists, who kept hinting in their scurrilous broadsheets that he was cheating by cadging lifts from passing carts.

www.telegraph.co.uk

But if you don't want to splash out, and can't cadge a couple from a friend, then use another spice -- nutmeg works well.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Families didn't, by and large, have cars and so cadging a lift from someone was a normal part of life.

www.independent.ie

Nominees get complimentary tickets, but any others that a film production company manages to cadge have to be paid for.

www.irishexaminer.com

But still everybody here knows that cadging lifts is just not safe.

www.birminghammail.co.uk

But politicians would still find a way of cadging donations, even if political campaigns were taxpayer-funded.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This he would use to cadge a lift in the cockpits of rival aeroplanes.

www.ft.com

But we cadged polyprops and waterproofs off friends and out of golf bags, just in case.

www.stuff.co.nz

Empire also sizzled abroad, cadging a fast $87.8 million from 58 foreign markets.

time.com

After graduation, he cadged a ride in an airplane in 1912.

en.wikipedia.org