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
So a magistrate dismissed the charges but sentenced both Black men to 90 days in the workhouse for vagrancy.
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Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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
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.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vagrancy
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.
—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
Many local government officials, reformers, and policymakers in the 19th century saw vagrancy laws as futile at best, cruel at worst.
—
Time,
16 Sep. 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
See All Example Sentences for vagrancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagrancy
whim
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The butler service goes above and beyond, catering to your whims including in-room dining (available 24 hours a day for butler suite guests) dropping off bug spray to the room, organizing your clothes into the closet upon arrival, and will even pick you up for dinner in style.
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Britain has experienced major blows to investment and productivity, a historic surge in annual net migration, and—shorn of the diplomatic heft of a united Europe and subject to the whims of a bullying Trump—a geopolitical humbling.
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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