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scav·enge

/ˈskavənj/

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gerund or present participle: scavenging

1. search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste.

   "people sell junk scavenged from the garbage"

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   Similar:

   rummage

    

 

 

  

mudlark

• (of an animal) search for (carrion) as food.
• search for discarded items or food in (a place).

  "the mink is still commonly seen scavenging the beaches of California"

   

  I used the word scavenging in "The Alien War". However, when I looked the world up I realized I used the wrong word. Because it doesn't perfectly connote what I was trying to say.
  

   

  However, I think a better word would be: "Scrounger" or Scrounging" because it fits better the definition I was going for.