vagrancy
Origin of vagrancy
1Other words from vagrancy
- non·va·gran·cy, noun, plural non·va·gran·cies.
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How to use vagrancy in a sentence
He was charged with vagrancy instead and sentenced to six months in jail.
‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Why San Diego Banned ‘Seditious’ Talk in 1918 | Randy Dotinga | August 4, 2020 | Voice of San Diegovagrancy, with its great evils, would have been prevented, and the passing of the Poor laws would have been unnecessary.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherWe are meditating flight to Italy when my present work is done, as our last bit of vagrancy for a long, long while.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George EliotIn the records of the Middle Ages enactments for the suppression and ordering of vagrancy continually occur.
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars | AnonymousGrif was stronger now, and having relapsed into vagrancy, felt himself at liberty to indulge his organ of combativeness.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
And then I think of the strange and winding paths, the weary roads he has traveled from that mother's arms to vagrancy and want.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for vagrancy
/ (ˈveɪɡrənsɪ) /
the state or condition of being a vagrant
the conduct or mode of living of a vagrant
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