freeload v.
to enjoy for free the pleasures that are primarily made available to a celebrity or laid on at an important event but become equally available to anyone who cares to struggle hard enough to grab them; in general use, to define the taking of any benefits that one has not made due efforts to deserve.
Life in a Putty Knife Factory (1948) 105: I didn’t intend to do any free-loading on you. | ||
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) 223: Why, you bum [...] all of them times you come over to my and Lulu’s camp and freeload off us. | ||
Shake Him Till He Rattles (1964) 108: How many times have I freeloaded on you? | ||
Sun. Times Mag. 12 Oct. 28: He gave up ‘real’ work to freelance and freeload. | ||
Acid House 254: We [...] freeloaded as much drink as possible. | ‘A Smart Cunt’ in||
Urban Grimshaw 203: I could have freeloaded drinks all day in Beeston. |