beggary

Noun
  1. A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) (synset 107202656)
    is a type of: solicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    same as: begging, mendicancy
  2. The state of being a beggar or mendicant (synset 114517616)
    "they were reduced to mendicancy"
    is a type of: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury - a state of extreme poverty or destitution
    same as: mendicancy, mendicity

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