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begging

Soliciting, usually for money and food. It is prohibited in many Western countries, and stringent measures were taken against begging in the former USSR. In the Middle East and Asia, almsgiving is often considered a religious obligation.



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As several have observed, the criminalization and stigmatization of vagabonds, beggers and the city poor eliminated unemployed poverty as a form of existence.
Youth delinquency & "crime": the perception and the reality by Wegs, Robert / Journal of Social History
After the War, thousands of rural people, particularly blacks, moved to towns which became invaded by tramps and beggers who could only survive through stealing.
Property offenses, social tension and racial antagonism in post-Civil ... by Vandal, Gilles / Journal of Social History
After the War, thousands of rural people, particularly blacks, moved to towns which became invaded by tramps and beggers who could only survive through stealing.
Property offenses, social tension and racial antagonism in post-Civil ... by Vandal, Gilles / Journal of Social History
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