Crossword-Solution: VAGRANCY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Vagrancy | n. | The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “VAGRANCY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Aimless wandering by the homeless | 1 answer |
| Beggar's offense | 1 answer |
| Bum's offense | 1 answer |
| State of wandering without a permanent home | 1 answer |
| Living without a home by begging | 1 answer |
| State of being a tramp | 1 answer |
| Wandering existence | 1 answer |
| What a hobo might be charged with | 1 answer |
| state or condition of being a vagrant | 1 answer |
| PEREGRINATION | 7 answers |
| vagabondage | 8 answers |
| Beggar request | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with VAGRANCY (5)
The task of recalling him from the vagrancy into which he always sank when he had spoken, was like recalling some very weak person from a swoon, or endeavouring, in the hope of some disclosure, to stay the spirit of a fast-dying man.
With so much time to talk, and no definite object to be led up to, she could taste the rare joys of mental vagrancy.
The next morning, Halfdan was released from the Police Station, having first been fined five dollars for vagrancy.
When, now, the real Negro criminal appeared, and instead of petty stealing and vagrancy we began to have highway robbery, burglary, murder, and rape, there was a curious effect on both sides the color-line: the Negroes refused to believe the evidence of white witnesses or the fairness of white juries, so that the greatest deterrent to crime, the public opinion of one’s own social caste, was lost, and the criminal was looked upon as crucified rather than hanged.
Gentlemen who were in the habit of riding shy horses; and steady-going people who have no vagrancy in their souls, lauded this alteration to the skies, and the conduct of the master sweeps was described beyond the reach of praise.
Quotes with VAGRANCY (2)
If one looks at modern society, it is obvious that in order to live, the great majority of people are forced to sell their labour power. All the physical and intellectual capacities existing in human beings, in their personalities, which must be set in motion to produce useful things, can only be used if they are sold in exchange for wages. Labour power is usually perceived as a commodity bought and sold nearly like all others. The existence of exchange and wage-labour seems …
Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive enforcement of these criminal offenses opened up an enormous market for convict leasing.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NY Sun, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2003–2007).