as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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Recent Examples of vagrancy
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagrancy
whim
Noun
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The press and the world were at her feet and at her whim, and her whim was a whim of iron.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Martin decided to have Emma undergo a DNA test on something of a whim.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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