Borrow without intending to repay, 5 letters
Borrow, as a cigarette, 5 letters
Bum, as a cigarette, 5 letters
Impose upon a friend, perhaps, 5 letters
Pick up like a sponge?, 5 letters
Sponge down in a prison (5), 5 letters
Memoirs of a sponging farm worker (with The)?, 14 letters