Examples of vagrancy in a sentence
<a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances>
1641
First Known Use of vagrancy
1641
Law Dictionary
vagrancy
playLegal Definition of vagrancy
vagrancies
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 vague>
Additional Notes on vagrancy
Most vagrancy laws have been abolished.
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