freeloader

/ ˈfriːˌləʊdə /

noun

1. slang.
   a person who habitually depends on the charity of others for food, shelter, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈfreeˌloading, noun

Example Sentences

“He is a freeloader,” he added.

From Seattle Times

One of the most recognizable character clowns of the American circus was a "hobo" or "tramp clown," like Red Skelton's Hobo Freddie the Freeloader, complete with a painted-on 5 o'clock shadow that could be seen from the cheap seats.

From Salon

As Artemis I nears the moon, NASA’s NEA Scout space probe, a smaller-than-a-shoebox freeloader piggybacking into space as a secondary “rideshare” payload, will deploy from a dispenser on the adapter ring that connects Orion to the SLS rocket’s second stage.

From Scientific American

Lying around like a freeloader, watching Pa march out into the fields alone.

From Literature

Ms. Heard has been portrayed as mentally unstable, hysterical, a gold digger, a temptress who brought home other paramours at all hours of the night, a freeloader who moved her friends into Mr. Depp’s many houses, an attention-seeker with an unquenchable need for drama and of course an untrustworthy liar — textbook undermining strategies, each with its own sexist implications.

From New York Times