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In Irish law, busking is considered vagrancy - you can be arrested for it. It's risky asking people for money in public. So it's not like it's a high-art job. And people who do it as a high-art job make very little money.
Glen Hansard

Meaning of "vagrancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VAGRANCY

vagrancy  [ˈveɪɡrənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAGRANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vagrancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VAGRANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vagrancy in the English dictionary

The definition of vagrancy in the dictionary is the state or condition of being a vagrant. Other definition of vagrancy is the conduct or mode of living of a vagrant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAGRANCY


aberrancy
æbˈɛrənsɪ
abhorrency
æbˈhɒrənsɪ
belligerency
bɪˈlɪdʒərənsɪ
coherency
kəʊˈhɪərənsɪ
concurrency
kənˈkʌrənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
errancy
ˈɛrənsɪ
eurocurrency
ˈjʊərəʊˌkʌrənsɪ
exuberancy
ɪɡˈzjuːbərənsɪ
flagrancy
ˈfleɪɡrənsɪ
fragrancy
ˈfreɪɡrənsɪ
immigrancy
ˈɪmɪɡrənsɪ
incoherency
ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənsɪ
inerrancy
ɪnˈɛrənsɪ
inherency
ɪnˈhɪərənsɪ
itinerancy
ɪˈtɪnərənsɪ
multicurrency
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌrənsɪ
protuberancy
prəˈtjuːbərənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vibrancy
ˈvaɪbrənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAGRANCY

vaginectomies
vaginectomy
vaginismus
vaginitis
vaginosis
vaginula
vagitus
vagotomies
vagotomy
vagotonia
vagotonic
vagotropic
vagrancies
vagrant
vagrom
vague
vaguely
vagueness
vagus
vagus nerve

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAGRANCY

accountancy
Clancy
conservancy
consultancy
discrepancy
Drancy
equiponderancy
expectancy
fancy
infancy
life expectancy
nancy
occupancy
penetrancy
ponderancy
pregnancy
preponderancy
redundancy
relevancy
vacancy

Synonyms and antonyms of vagrancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VAGRANCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vagrancy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vagrancy

Translation of «vagrancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAGRANCY

Find out the translation of vagrancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vagrancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vagrancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流浪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vagancia
570 millions of speakers

English

vagrancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मन की मौज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бродяжничество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vadiagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভবঘুরেমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vagabondage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Landstreicherei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浮浪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부랑자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vagrancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tội du đảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடோடித் திரிதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेश्याव्यवसाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serserilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vagabondaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

włóczęgostwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бродяжництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vagabondaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλητεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leeglêery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vagrancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

løsgjengeri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vagrancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGRANCY»

The term «vagrancy» is normally little used and occupies the 114.380 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGRANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vagrancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vagrancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vagrancy

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QUOTES WITH «VAGRANCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vagrancy.
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Glen Hansard
In Irish law, busking is considered vagrancy - you can be arrested for it. It's risky asking people for money in public. So it's not like it's a high-art job. And people who do it as a high-art job make very little money.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAGRANCY»

Discover the use of vagrancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vagrancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vagrancy, Homelessness, and English Renaissance Literature
Woodbridge also examines political and philosophical tracts that incorporated the romanticized language of rogue literature and looks at social changes, such as a new emphasis on domestic space and privacy, that left the "houseless" even ...
Linda Woodbridge, 2001
2
Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical ...
The essays include discussions of the lives of the underclass, strategies for surviving and escaping poverty, the criminalization of poverty by the state, the rise of welfare and development programs, the relationship between imperial ...
A. L. Beier, Paul Robert Ocobock, 2008
3
Romantic Vagrancy: Wordsworth and the Simulation of Freedom
This powerful study revises both Wordsworth's poetry and the relation of literature to its social and political context.
Celeste Langan, 1995
4
Vagrancy in Law and Practice under the Old Poor Law
Drawing on extensive archival research and in-depth study of both statute law and local administrative records, this book examines the complexities of vagrancy law and the realities of its practice during the long eighteenth century.
Ms Audrey Eccles, 2012
5
A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy and Beggars and Begging
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
Charles James Ribton-Turner, 2010
6
Crossing the Line: Vagrancy, Homelessness and Social ...
This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition.
Svetlana Stephenson, 2006
7
Spiritual Vagrancy: And the Art of Skipping Lightly
This little book arrived in its present form almost by accident.
Valentine A. Molloy, 2012
8
Vagrancy: Being a Review of the Report of the Departmental ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Chance, 2012
9
Social Problems, Law, and Society
CHAPTERS A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy S Chambliss With the outstanding exception of Jerome Hall's (1935) analysis of theft, there has been a severe shortage of sociologically relevant analyses of the relationship ...
Angela Kathryn Stout, Richard Alan Dello Buono, William J. Chambliss, 2004
10
The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in the Dynamics of ...
Vagrancy Case: Expansion of State Discretion In the Vagrancy case the Court used margin analysis to uphold Belgium's restrictions upon incarcerated vagrants ' freedom of correspondence under the Article 8(2) limitation clause. An Act of ...
Howard C. Yourow, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAGRANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vagrancy is used in the context of the following news items.
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La Verdad Gate to Wire in Vagrancy
The Vagrancy marked the 12th win, and seventh stakes win, from 18 career starts for La Verdad, who has now earned $990,700 in her career. Trained by Linda ... «BloodHorse.com, May 15»
2
La Verdad Appears Formidable in Vagrancy
II) at Aqueduct Racetrack, speedy La Verdad will try to pick up her second graded stakes win this season May 16 in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. «BloodHorse.com, May 15»
3
Vegan vagrancy begs the question of niche panhandling
Many in the community would have a bone to pick with vegan vagrancy. But, it brings up three interesting points: Is there such a thing as a proper pauper? «The Durango Herald, May 15»
4
Man charged with vagrancy
Eric Lamar Palmore, 20, 300 Ninth St. S.W., was charged Wednesday with vagrancy after police searched the residence. Police were dispatched to a report that ... «Moultrie Observer, Apr 15»
5
Vagrancy bylaw plans under fire
A woman who helps feed Tauranga's homeless every Saturday says a proposed bylaw to give city authorities more power to deal with vagrants is unfairly ... «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
6
California Reanimates Vagrancy Laws to Criminalize Homelessness
More than 20% of the nation's homeless live in California and two-thirds of them live on the street. State government has pretty much delegated dealing with the ... «AllGov, Feb 15»
7
California is rife with laws used to harass homeless people
Anti-Okie laws. Sundown towns. Ugly laws. These old vagrancy laws recall shameful periods in our history when communities selectively persecuted and ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
8
City Concerns Linger: Vagrancy Vs. Homeless
The homeless problem in Oakdale is continuing to be an issue as Neighborhood Watch groups in the city are starting to speak out requesting action as city ... «Oakdale Leader, Jan 15»
9
Police: Reports of vagrancy down 95% since shelter opened
Officials say reports of vagrancy have decreased 95 percent since a temporary winter homeless shelter opened on Gilbert Street earlier this month, and the ... «Iowa City Press Citizen, Jan 15»
10
Begging prosecutions increase dramatically across England and …
The number of cases brought to court under the 1824 Vagrancy Act has surged by 70%, prompting concerns that cuts to support services and benefits are ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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