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
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Many local government officials, reformers, and policymakers in the 19th century saw vagrancy laws as futile at best, cruel at worst.
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Time, 16 Sep. 2025
DoBetterDNVR seeks to hold city government accountable for enabling lawless behavior like vagrancy, public drug use, urban camping, and vandalism by exposing and posting it, a laudable aim, but its means are less than ethical.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The rise in vagrancy, open drug use, aggressive panhandling, indecent exposure and public health hazards have made downtown residents feel increasingly unsafe in their own city.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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Time, 16 Sep. 2025
DoBetterDNVR seeks to hold city government accountable for enabling lawless behavior like vagrancy, public drug use, urban camping, and vandalism by exposing and posting it, a laudable aim, but its means are less than ethical.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The rise in vagrancy, open drug use, aggressive panhandling, indecent exposure and public health hazards have made downtown residents feel increasingly unsafe in their own city.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vagrancy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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vagrancy
noun
va·gran·cy
ˈvā-grən-sē 
plural 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
Note: Most vagrancy laws have been abolished.
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