Ask to obtain free
English: beg
mengemisBahasa Indonesia
beg, cadge, beggary, begging, bend over backwards
Less common
#15,652 of the corpus · 3.2 per million words · 13,660 occurrences
From kemis (meN-) · rare, #92,733
Verb
Try very hard to please someone
English: fall over backwards, bend over backwards
Bahasa: memohon, meminta-minta
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Call upon in supplication, entreat
English: beg, implore, pray
Bahasa: meminta, pohon, doa, berdoa, mohon, memohon, merayu, rayu
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3 more verb senses
Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
English: schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge
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Ask for and get free, be a parasite
English: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
Bahasa: mengecek, merayu, menganggur, menebeng, meminta-minta
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Beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
English: panhandle
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Noun
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
English: beggary, begging, mendicancy
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