Free rider

"Free rider" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The store failed because all of the manager's friends were free riders who drove paying customers away.

A lighthouse is the classic example of a public good because it is difficult to prevent a ship (a free rider) from using it.

Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.

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