First Known Use: 1851
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mooch
verb \ˈmüch\
: to ask for and get things from other people without paying for them or doing anything for them
Full Definition of MOOCH
intransitive verb
transitive verb
1
: to take surreptitiously : steal
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Origin of MOOCH
probably from French dialect muchier to hide, lurk
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