parasite:
(also ‘sponger‘, ‘sycophant‘; plural: ‘parasites‘; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a religious ‘parasite’ taking away a jobless person’s alms
a lazy useless person who lives off others, i.e. always takes help in the form of money or other favours from good people by telling them lies, usually from relatives, friends or known people, without giving them back anything in return;
a ‘parasite’ (woman sitting) living off husband’s labour
e.g.
The number of parasites living off the State funds is growing more and more every year. (i.e. more and more people are taking money freely from the government by making excuses such as ‘no jobs’, ‘not fit for work’, ‘disabled’, etc.)
Morgan is known to be a parasite in our friend circle. (i.e. Morgan takes advantage of the friendship and takes money or other things from the friends without ever giving them anything in return)
