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vagrancy

noun

va·​gran·​cy ˈvā-grən(t)-sē How to pronounce vagrancy (audio)
plural vagrancies
1
: the state or action of being vagrant
2
: the offense of being a vagrant
3
: vagary

Example Sentences

a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
Recent Examples on the Web Other business owners have raised similar concerns of harassment, saying the neighborhood has been overrun by an open-air drug market polluted with violence and vagrancy. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022 Most residents consider crime and vagrancy bigger public threats than billionaires. Allysia Finley, WSJ, 3 June 2022 The stabbings are part of a general increase in subway crime that preceded, but has continued in the days since, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new crackdown on crime and vagrancy on the subway system. NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022 It’s the oldest park in Utah’s capital, with 175 years of history and a reputation in recent decades of being run-down and prone to crime and vagrancy. The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022 An itinerant worker who had slept in a barn the night before, Randolph thought the men were attempting to arrest him for trespassing or vagrancy. Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022 The 100-player league has been practicing and playing for years on rundown ballfields ravaged by age, neglect, disrepair, vandalism and vagrancy. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022 Hill has an extensive history of misdemeanor cases involving trespassing, obstruction, battery, vagrancy, larceny and theft allegations. Ken Ritter And Terry Tang, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021 Austin incentivized vagrancy as a lifestyle choice and did nothing to prepare for the consequences of the policy shift. Matt Mackowiak, National Review, 23 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of vagrancy was in 1641

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