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The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud.
welfare
UK /ˈwɛlˌfɛə/ US /ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/
noun 2verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
2
Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".
Oliveira seems to suggest that the Jews of Kiryas Joel are somehow gaming the welfare system to fund their lifestyles, while simultaneously acknowledging the high poverty rates in the town that qualify residents for programs like Medicaid.
verb
1
To provide with welfare or aid.
welfaring the poor
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