Thesaurus results for VAGRANCY

vagrancy

noun

ˈvā-grən(t)-sē

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 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 They were arrested on marijuana and lewd vagrancy charges. —

Victoria Edel, People.com, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for vagrancy

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whim

Noun

The online community of people who do this kind of analysis are used to their information environment constantly shifting according to the whims of companies and algorithms, Godin said.

— Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Private investors could be hesitant to put billions into an industry that relies so heavily on the whims of whomever is in the White House, said Arne Jacobson, director of the Schatz Energy Research Center at California State Polytechnic University in Humboldt.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026