Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scrounge
2 senses of scrounge
Sense 1
scrounge, forage -- (collect or look around for (food))
=> hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")
Sense 2
schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge -- (obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends")
=> beg -- (ask to obtain free; "beg money and food")