vagrancy
Example Sentences
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will exhibit the cardboard signs of “people experiencing homelessness” this month, providing an uncomfortable visual reminder of the vagrancy problem gripping the nation’s capital.
From Washington Times
Hill has an extensive history of misdemeanor cases involving trespassing, obstruction, battery, vagrancy, larceny and theft allegations.
From Seattle Times
It had vagrancy laws — no camping on sidewalks or in city parks.
From Seattle Times
As a gay man, he recalled being painfully aware of “vagrancy” laws targeting gay men in Virginia and D.C.
From Washington Post
Los Angeles officials eased enforcement of vagrancy laws during the pandemic, fearing that dispersing people on the streets would spread the virus.
From Reuters
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