vagrancy
1vagrancy — va·gran·cy / vā grən sē/ n pl cies 1: the act or practice of wandering about from place to place 2: the crime of wandering about without employment or identifiable means of support the court struck down the vagrancy law as unconstitutionally… …
2Vagrancy — can refer to one of two phenomena: * Vagrancy (people) * Vagrancy (biology)Vagrant may also refer to: * Vagrant Story , a video game * Vagrant Records, a record label …
3Vagrancy — Va gran*cy, n. The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism. [1913 Webster] Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy. Barrow. [1913 Webster] …
4vagrancy — life of idle begging, 1706, from VAGRANT (Cf. vagrant) + CY (Cf. cy) …
5vagrancy — [vā′grən sē] n. pl. vagrancies [< VAGRANT] 1. Now Rare a wandering in thought or talk; digression 2. a wandering from place to place; vagabondage 3. shiftless or idle wandering without money or work, as of tramps, beggars, etc.: often a… …
6vagrancy — /vay greuhn see/, n., pl. vagrancies. 1. the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy. 2. the conduct of a vagrant. 3. mental wandering; reverie. [1635 45; VAGR(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Act of wandering about without employment or… …
7vagrancy — [[t]ve͟ɪgrənsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Vagrancy is a way of life in which someone moves a lot from place to place because they have no permanent home or job, and have to ask for or steal things in order to live. Vagrancy and begging has become common… …
8vagrancy — At common law, the act of going about from place to place by a person without visible means of support, who is idle, and who, though able to work for his or her maintenance, refuses to do so, but lives without labor or on the charity of others.… …
9vagrancy — vagrant ► NOUN 1) a person without a home or job. 2) archaic a wanderer. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or living like a vagrant; wandering. DERIVATIVES vagrancy noun. ORIGIN from Old French vagarant wandering about , from vagrer wander …
10Vagrancy Act 1824 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds. Statute book chapter …
