vagrantizev.
rare.† 1. transitive. To arrest as a vagrant. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > arrest as vagrant
vagrantize1797
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. ii. 33 Set off to the next justice of the peace, for the purpose of getting the whole set vagrantized.
2. To reduce to the condition of a vagrant. In quot. absol.
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the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)] > make extremely poor or destitute
bankrupt?a1625
out-beggar1810
vagrantize1893
1893 Liverpool Daily Post 22 Dec. 4/10 The result is rather to permanently vagrantize—if one may coin a verb for the occasion—instead of inculcating..independent effort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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