乞こい取とる

godan verb (-ru)

ask for and receive; beg and obtain

Describes obtaining something by asking or begging for it. Often implies a humble or earnest request. Relatively rare; more common in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは施ほどこしを乞こい取とるように暮くらしていた。

  He lived as if begging for alms.

• 情じょう報ほうを乞こい取とるために、彼かれは何なん度ども手て紙がみを書かいた。

  He wrote letters repeatedly to ask for and obtain information.