Freeloading

Freeloading (or being a "freeloader") in everyday speech refers to the use by an individual or entity, for their or its own personal gain or benefit, of resources that do not belong to them in private and personal spheres, e.g. an uninvited guest's abuse of friends' and family's hospitality. A freeloader may also be called a "mooch." When unpaid overuse of public resources occurs in the public sphere, it raises a free-rider problem. A freeloader would, for example, stay at a family member's, friend's, neighbor's, etc. house, eat their food and use their things without offering to pay or taking part in the home economics over long periods of time.

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