Definitions

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  • adjective Serving to prevent or counter loitering.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ loitering

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Examples

  • At the center of the suit were three antiloitering laws struck down between 1983 and 1993 by the New York State Court of Appeals.

    City Settles Loitering Suit for $15 Million Sean Gardiner 2012

  • The class-action lawsuit was the result of separate civil suits that challenged the three antiloitering laws.

    City Settles Loitering Suit for $15 Million Sean Gardiner 2012

  • The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights doesn't like what it sees in Chicago these days: new antiloitering laws, public-housing sweeps, overcrowded jails, and police brutality.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights doesn't like what it sees in Chicago these days: new antiloitering laws, public-housing sweeps, overcrowded jails, and police brutality.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • In 1997 the Illinois Supreme Court rejected Daley's sweeps of public housing and his antiloitering ordinance that police had invoked to arrest more than 40,000 young people over a three-year period.

    Chicago Reader 2010

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