verb

"Cadge" generally means "to beg", specifically for money or food. When someone is cadging, they are asking for something that they want or need, often persistently or in a way that is annoying to the person they are asking. For example, you might say "My friend is always trying to cadge a free meal off me" to describe a situation where your friend is always asking you to buy them food.

Example

1. He's always trying to cadge a ride to work from someone.
2. She tried to cadge some money from her parents to go on a trip with her friends.
3. The homeless man on the corner was cadging for spare change from passersby.