vagrancy

noun

Definitions of vagrancy

English

the crime of living on the street and begging money from people

He was arrested for vagrancy.

English

the state of being a vagrant (=a person with no permanent home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging)

This new initiative must also tackle chronic homelessness and vagrancy, by allocating a building to be used as a 24/7 shelter.