SCROUNGE

scrounge, forage

(verb) collect or look around for (food)

schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.

Verb

scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)

To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.

To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.