"mendicancy squad" meaning in All languages combined

See mendicancy squad on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: mendicancy squads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mendicancy squad (plural mendicancy squads)
  1. (US) police who arrested beggars and homeless people Tags: US

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look-out for the mendicancy squad. - The Gift of the Magi - \"O. Henry\" - 1906"
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