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vag

British  
/ væɡ /

noun

  1. a vagrant

  2. the Vagrancy Act

    the police finally got him on the vag

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verb

  1. (tr) to arrest (someone) for vagrancy

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From the Latin root "vag," meaning to wander.

From Stories from Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath

Book him as a vag until we see who he is.

From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh

Hey, pal," said he, "come help me dine; I've hit a pit and got the swag; To-day, Delmonico's is mine; To-morrow once again a vag.

From Impertinent Poems by Cooke, Edmund Vance

"It may be possible for an honest man to be a tramp—even a vag, but why did you steal?"

From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Warman, Cy

And when a band starts up street you can get every yag, vag, and jag in the city to trail it!

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman