scrounge
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it.
scrounged
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past participleof scrounge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scrounge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scroungeverb (used with object)to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it.
Example Sentences
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Jack dispensed with the card entirely and scrounged up only $2 from his room, which he handed to Finn with an unceremonious “here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
He scrounged together stopgap university funding and outside donations to keep the operation running “on fumes,” vowing “to go down swinging.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
The men ran out of food, subsisting on what they scrounged up: vitamins pills and pancake mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
When they emerged from their hiding places in the aftermath of the first day and scrounged for food in the following years of darkness, the world was fundamentally changed.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
We used one tarp as our roof, tying its four corners to the tops of the tent pole branches with ropes the boys had scrounged up.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
