Translations for „freeloading“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈfree·load·ing N no pl pej

freeloading

Schnorren nt inf

ˈfree·load VB intr pej

freeload

schnorren inf

freeload

erbetteln CH

to freeload off sb

bei jdm schnorren inf

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Every day in winter our freeloading friend visited.

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They are, after all, sometimes eating for several freeloading males.

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Rather than a negative freeloading or golddigging aspect, it implies that someone is kept or advantaged.

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Another research team found that the tiny freeloading crustaceans primarily eat keratin, which is the protein that makes up the baleens.

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Nearby a stand of 10 different caramel dips rounded off a freeloading lunch.

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But it seems freeloading does still pay.

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Why should we rich blue states pay for the freeloading red states?

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Ironically, however, we tend to justify our freeloading attitude as an ill effect of the ongoing conflict.

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They clearly understand that they are giving up other domestic programs to protect their freeloading friends and neighbours.

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Maybe it was just the weary public attempting to give their overpaid overbearing freeloading bureaucrats and politicians the prostate test with a hot iron?

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