Vagrancy
Vagrancy was a state of poverty and homelessness. Those in such a state were referred to as vagrants or vagabonds, and typically had no job or regular source of income. Some governments considered vagrancy to be a crime.

One place where vagrancy was a crime was Thalos VI. The prescribed penalty there was a fine, and if one could not pay it, imprisonment in a prison until they could.

 was arrested on Thalos VI for vagrancy in 2374 at jailed in a starbase brig. Though he was unable to pay his fine, his cousin Quark did so in order to recruit him for a mission to rescue Ishka from the Dominion. ()

See also
Drifter

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