Vagrancy (people)

:See also vagrancy (biology) for an alternative use of the term

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A vagrant is a person, almost always poor, without a home or regular work. Urban vagrants are commonly called "street people". Some towns have shelters for vagrants.

Related Topics:
Towns - Shelters

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Older terms for vagrants are tramp (or in the USA, bum). Such designations, however, tend to be associated with itinerant male rural vagrants of the past, rather than the modern pattern of the urban homeless of either sex.

Related Topics:
Tramp - USA - Bum - Homeless

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Vagrancy is a crime in some European countries, but most of these laws have been abandoned.

Related Topics:
Crime - European countries - Laws

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In legal terminology, a person that has income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless.

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