0 present participle of scrounge
1 to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them:
Tolerated scrounging is more subtle and pervasive than portrayed here.
Reciprocal altruism, in particular, requires a suite of complex abilities not required by alternatives such as tolerated scrounging.
However, the evidence cannot entirely eliminate tolerated scrounging.
However, if scrounging could be partially controlled through non-detection, then both types of sharing may occur, with scrounging behavior simply occurring less frequently.
Indifferent to the martyr and without structural or formal connection to her, they mingle with common pigeons, scrounging in the slush for food.
Norms also vary cross-culturally with respect to the tolerance for begging, harassment, and scrounging behavior.
Tolerated scrounging might be overstated but it cannot be ruled out.
These instances of food transfer could also be described as tolerated scrounging.
