indigent

Example Sentences

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That means the system already profoundly disadvantages indigent asylum seekers — they can’t afford a lawyer, often don’t speak English and have no road map for navigating arcane immigration law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Constitution prohibits the prosecution of indigent people who sleep in public places when there is no available shelter space.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

“Most of those guys are indigent, the traffickers,” Gauen said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Soon after Mayor Clarkson heard Rush’s news that yellow fever had reappeared, he tried to address the problem of indigent individuals.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy