1.  scrounge(v = verb.possession) forage - collect or look around for (food);
is one way to hunt, hunt down, run, track down
Derived form noun scrounger₁
Sample sentences: The men scrounge the area for animals ; The men scrounge for animals in the area

2.  scrounge(v = verb.possession) cadge, schnorr, shnorr - obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
is one way to beg
Derived form noun scrounger₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something from somebody

scrounge, v. & n. colloq.
--v.
1 tr. (also absol.) obtain (things) illicitly or by cadging.
2 intr. search about to find something at no cost.
--n. an act of scrounging.

Idiom:
on the scrounge engaged in scrounging.

Derivative:
scrounger n.

Etymology:
var. of dial. scrunge steal