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单词 vagrancy
释义
vagrancy
noun[U]
lawformalorspecialized
uk
/ˈveɪ.ɡrən.si/us
/ˈveɪ.ɡrən.si/
thestateof being orlivinglike avagrant(= apoorpersonwithout ahomeor ajob, whomovesfromplacetoplace):
漂泊，流浪
MostEuropeancountrieshaveabandonedlawsthat make vagrancy acrime.大多数欧洲国家已经废除了流浪罪法案。
The City Council tookstepstoaddressproblemsassociatedwithhomelessnessand vagrancy.市政厅采取措施处理无家可归和流浪带来的问题。
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vagrant
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  • Thebookanalysestherelationshipbetween vagrancy andcrimein theregion.
  • They werearrestedforassault, vagrancy, andshoplifting.
  • Heabolishedvagrancylawsthat gave thepolicetheauthorityto round upmigrantsat will.
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(Definition ofvagrancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvagrancy

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Both were afraid not only of alienating allies, but also ofvagrancyand chaos within their domains.
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Clearly this instrumental passage conveys the alluringvagrancycaptured in the poetic image of the wild seed on the wind.
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The purpose was to counteractvagrancyand diminish the expenses of poor relief.
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Their proposal to have the clause on the law onvagrancyrevised after six years was turned down.
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Unable to earn a living by cultivation or soldiering, these tribes 'reverted' to a life ofvagrancyand crime.
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The crimes covered included petty theft, drunkenness, disorderly conduct,vagrancy, desertion and of course, domestic violence.
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It was from such useful positions that they slid into destitution andvagrancy.
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As has timelessly characterised debates about the causes ofvagrancyand indigent poverty, commentators tend to favour either ' structural' or 'behavioural ' explanations (and strongly disagree).
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The mid-nineteenth-century employer in the tea districts was clearly worried aboutvagrancy.
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Although the prison registers do not detail the exact reason for imprisonment, they often indicate when the crime was accompanied with violence, alcohol andvagrancy.
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There were four senses in which quality of worker or similar terms were used, and these werevagrancy, shirking, industriousness, and mobilization.
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Yet, already in the 19th century, approaches to poverty and poverty relief incorporated distinctly modern elements in their condemnation of begging andvagrancy.
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If they maintained this regime,vagrancyand improvidence would be encouraged, and they contemplated discontinuing all casual daytime relief.
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Huge numbers of older children found themselves jailed forvagrancyas a result.
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While this was certainly a central concern of colonial legislators in attackingvagrancy, so too was the protection of enclosed property in land and livestock from trespass and theft.
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