as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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Recent Examples of vagrancy
The law also mandates the special taxing district’s priorities with a focus on eliminating crime, eliminating vagrancy and improving cleanliness.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
In 1932 Chicago police raided an apparent summit meeting of gangsters, and arrested Lansky and five others on vagrancy charges.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The state would also kick in some funding, but that money could only be used to eliminate crime and vagrancy, according to the bill text.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
But vagrancy largely remains a mystery to scientists.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
In 1932 Chicago police raided an apparent summit meeting of gangsters, and arrested Lansky and five others on vagrancy charges.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The state would also kick in some funding, but that money could only be used to eliminate crime and vagrancy, according to the bill text.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
But vagrancy largely remains a mystery to scientists.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagrancy
whim
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Yet, how can true agility be achieved when the very tools and platforms meant to empower us simultaneously bind us to the whims of a select few?—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The health and safety of our communities should not hang on the whim of a political ideologue.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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