a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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Rustin served jail time and was posthumously pardoned Rustin was arrested 23 times, including a 1953 conviction in Pasadena, for vagrancy and lewd conduct — charges commonly used then to criminalize LGBTQ+ people.—Jaylen Green, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025 They were arrested on marijuana and lewd vagrancy charges.—Victoria Edel, People.com, 18 May 2025 Roughly 12% were of African descent — newly unshackled, technically free and already being legally recaptured under other names: peonage, vagrancy laws, convict leasing.—Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025 All the hallmarks of American poverty — bad food, obesity and urban blight — coalesced in an apocalyptic scene of destitution and vagrancy.—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for vagrancy
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