scavenge

Universal Words verb 1 ~ (for sth) (of a person, an animal or a bird) to search through waste for things that can be used or eaten: [VN] Much of their furniture was scavenged from other people's garbage. * [V] Dogs and foxes scavenged through the trash cans for something to eat. 2 (of animals or birds) to eat dead animals that have been killed by another animal, by a car, etc: [VN] Crows scavenge carrion left on the roads. * [V] Some fish scavenge on dead fish in the wild.