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vagrancy

/ˈveɪɡɹənsɪ/

vagrancy noun: the state of being a vagrant.

Noun

vagrancy (countable and uncountable, plural vagrancies)

  1. the state of being a vagrant
    • vagrancy laws
    • charge of vagrancy

vagrancy meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

vagrancy in Tamil

ஓடுகாலி நடத்தை, நாடோடித்தன்மை, ஊர்சுற்றித்தனம், ஓடுகாலித்தனம்

vagrancy in Urdu

آوارہ گردی, آوارگی, خانہ بدوشی, کوچہ گردی

vagrancy in Malayalam

അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയൽ

Examples of vagrancy in a sentence

  • The city introduced new laws dealing with vagrancy.
  • He was arrested on charges of vagrancy.

Forms of vagrancy

pluralvagrancies

Origin of vagrancy

From vagrant + -cy.

Words formed from vagrancy

Questions about vagrancy

What does vagrancy mean?
Vagrancy means the state of being a vagrant.
What is vagrancy in Tamil?
Vagrancy in Tamil is ஓடுகாலி நடத்தை, நாடோடித்தன்மை, ஊர்சுற்றித்தனம். See Vagrancy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use vagrancy in a sentence?
The city introduced new laws dealing with vagrancy.
What part of speech is vagrancy?
Vagrancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce vagrancy?
Vagrancy is pronounced /ˈveɪɡɹənsɪ/.
What is the plural of vagrancy?
The plural of vagrancy is vagrancies.

Words near vagrancy in the dictionary

  1. vagotropic
  2. vagous
  3. vagovagal
  4. vagrance
  5. vagrancies
  6. vagrancy
  7. vagrant
  8. vagrantise
  9. vagrantised
  10. vagrantises
  11. vagrantising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vagrancy (page history and authors); vagrancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vagrancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vagrancy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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