mooch
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Much of Wrangell looked unchanged since 1899: false-front buildings and clapboard churches, including one where Muir had mooched a night sleeping on the floor his very first night on Alaska soil.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018