"welfare parasite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: welfare parasites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} welfare parasite (plural welfare parasites)
  1. (derogatory) A person who is seen as living off the welfare of others. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Related terms: welfare bum, welfare queen Translations (person who is seen as living on the welfare of others): sosiaalipummi (Finnish), kelarotta (note: only applicable to people living Finland) [slang] (Finnish), Sozialschmarotzer [masculine] (German), Sozialparasit [masculine] (German), тунея́дец (tunejádec) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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