Vagrancy

A vagrant is a person without a home, or regular work. Some towns have shelters for vagrants. A more common word for a vagrant would be a tramp, or formerly, a bum. Vagrants are almost always poor.

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

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

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See also: Vagrancy, Bum, Crime, European countries, Homeless shelter, Law, Laws, Towns, Tramp