Usually means: Obtaining by imposing on others.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word cadging:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. cadging: Merriam-Webster
  2. cadging: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cadging: Vocabulary.com
  4. cadging: Wordnik
  5. cadging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cadging: Wiktionary
  7. Cadging, cadging: Dictionary.com
  8. Cadging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Cadging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. cadging: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cadging: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cadging: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cadging: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See cadge as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cadge)

noun:  (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
verb:  (Geordie) To beg.
verb:  (US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
verb:  To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
verb:  (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
verb:  (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
▸ Also see cadge


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