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It refers to the act of giving yet providing nothing of substance in return, as it is named after the parasitic organism a leech.

Leecher can be applied practially to peer to peer file sharing protocols, or networks (Bittorrent, Kazza Fast Track, Gnutella}, in which the leecher consumes bandwidth by downloading, yet has no will to upload or give back to a community.

Particularly in Bittorrent, leechers are not actually increasing their performance, but possibly are decreasing it.
I know a leecher who in order to acheive maximum network thourough-output restricts uploading while bittorrenting.
leecher by Indrid Cold August 8, 2004

Mom's leecher 

Some kid (in some cases teenager) who asks his mother for money every 10 minutes to buy something really stupid (Cash for MMORPGS or videogames or candies and shit)
Delox: Mom i need NX so bad im addicted to Maplestory
Mom: Ok, i got 50$
Delox: Mom omg 100kNx are 100$
Mom: Fine there u are
Delox: WOOO~~~~
J.D: D00d you are such a Mom's leecher
Mom's leecher by Puyex!! October 8, 2009

Party Leecher

Someone you don't want to come to your party and purposely don't invite, but that you also don't want to tell they can't come. That person finds out about your party through the grape vine and invites themselves and does inevitably show up. The chance of the party being ruined is also significantly increased by this persons presence.
The Party Leecher calls you a few days or a week before your party to talk about something and then before hanging up says, "So I heard from (insert any name)'s brother that you are having a party. What should I bring?" You've just been, Party Leeched.

Aubs: "The fuck is that faggot doing here? He ruined the party." Jay: "I didn't invite him, he found out from someone else. And I can't tell him he can't come." Aubs: "Classic Party Leecher."
Party Leecher by JJ Sizzles October 28, 2010
A leecher is a person on some type of internet community (torrent, forums, ect.) who downloads as they please and never contributes back to that community. Often characterized by low post counts or having nothing in their shared folder. Leechers steal a network's bandwidth with downloads and potentially can cause it to lag. Derived (obviously) from the parasite with many similarities to a Leecher.
{18:43} <&Shade> Aero, click the members link in the forums!
{18:44} <&Aeroadm> Why?
{18:44} <&Shade> I did the math, only 3% of the members have posted more than 10 times!
{18:44} <&Aeroadm> leechers....
{18:44} <&Shade> Yea, yo DL! Delete those SOB leechers!
{18:45} <~Dark_Llama>Wha? Nah man, They boost the member counts :P
{18:45} <&Shade> -_-
{18:45} <&Aeroadm> -_-
leecher by The Real Shade July 30, 2008
Someone who takes a lot and doesn't give much
Dang, Bob leeched me 10 cigs at the party and he had a full pack!
leecher by xSmurf June 19, 2004
Leeching is when you download via a torrent or any other intarweb shareprogram, without giving any upload back.

leeching is especially harmfull to the bittorrent network (sucking all the bandwith away)
fucking hell! the Half life 2 torrent is full of leechers!!1!!1
leecher by Superdude November 23, 2004
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