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- noun Plural form of
freeloader .
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Examples
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The ferry was half empty, included 22 canadians 22 mexicans and about 170 gringos, including a large contingent of freeloaders from the port authority and the governor of Merida.
Progreso Ahoy 2002
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Formerly named by Republicans "free riders," T.R. Reid called those who opportunistically game insurance "freeloaders" - the purposely uninsured whose health care costs are inevitably picked up by taxpayers.
Michele Swenson: Jon Caldara Argues For/Against His Ballot Amendment 63 Michele Swenson 2010
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What Mr. Geoghegan fails to mention is that these so-called freeloaders are actually "forced-loaders," having had their individual power to bargain over terms and conditions of employment extinguished and given over to union leaders.
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Switzerland, China and the U.K., those identified as freeloaders most often took their punishment as a spur to contribute more generously.
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
WRAL.com Top Stories 2010
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Opponents of the law say illegal immigrants are being scapegoated and wrongly characterized as freeloaders, pointing out that they pay sales taxes and put money into Social Security that they will never be able to take out.
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