What is "scavenged"

Usage examples of "scavenged".

Maric scavenged round the kitchen and brought up food, and we were still talking when the midnight bell sounded, and the boy was curled up asleep on the pelts in front of the brazier.

The three younger children are curled up on scavenged blankets in the back, asleep.

Mud-covered children skipped and scavenged among the detritus on the exposed flats, hurrying to the ferry as it drew close to the shore, little hands upturned for any coppers.