Definition of "cadged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of cadge. (verb)

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• "(As any young person who has cadged a down payment from parents can attest, intergenerational wealth transfers are a particularly efficient way of gaining a foothold in homeownership and so building wealth.)"
• "He had been cadged for drinks before by the old cannibal, and the sternest tambo Grief and McTavish had laid down was the one forbidding alcohol to the natives of New Gibbon."
• "From his customers he cadged two lamps, two chairs, a mattress, and a card table."