scavenge

scavenge
scav|enge [ˈskævındʒ] v [I and T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: scavenger (16-21 centuries), from scavager 'tax collector, someone who cleans streets' (15-19 centuries), from scavage 'tax on goods sold' (15-19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage 'examination']
1.) if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find
Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
rats scavenging for food
2.) if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects
There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living.
scavenge for
Women were scavenging for old furniture.
>scavenger n
Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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