vagrancy

English

Etymology

From vagrant + -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɪɡɹənsɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

vagrancy (countable and uncountable, plural vagrancies)

1. the state of being a vagrant

   vagrancy laws

   charge of vagrancy

   combat vagrancy

   The city introduced new laws dealing with vagrancy.

   He was arrested on charges of vagrancy.

Translations

being a vagrant

• Bulgarian: скитничество n (skitničestvo)
• Dutch: landloperij (nl) f
• French: vagabondage (fr) m
• Georgian: მაწანწალობა (mac̣anc̣aloba), ხეტიალი (ka) (xeṭiali)
• German: Landstreicherei f
• Greek: αλητεία (el) f (aliteía)
• Hungarian: csavargás (hu)
• Irish: fánaíocht f
• Polish: włóczęgostwo n, żebractwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: andarilhagem f, vagabundagem (pt) f
• Russian: бродяжничество (ru) n (brodjažničestvo)
• Swedish: lösdriveri (sv) n