- vagrancy
- noun (plural -cies) Date: 1641 1. vagary 2. the state or action of being vagrant 3. the offense of being a vagrant
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vagrancy — 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… … Law dictionary
Vagrancy — 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 … Wikipedia
Vagrancy — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vagrancy — life of idle begging, 1706, from VAGRANT (Cf. vagrant) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
vagrancy — [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… … English World dictionary
vagrancy — /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… … Universalium
vagrancy — [[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… … English dictionary
vagrancy — 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.… … Black's law dictionary
vagrancy — 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 … English terms dictionary
Vagrancy 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 … Wikipedia
Vagrancy (people) — For other uses, see Vagrant. John Everett Millais The Blind Girl : vagrant musicians A vagrant is a person in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income. Contents … Wikipedia
