indigent

Five years ago, Devi, the only daughter in a rural, indigent Sri Lankan family and a principal figure in Randy Boyagoda’s “Lords of Serendipity,” made the finals of a spelling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

An indigent defense commission in Michigan, which was formed by the legislature in 2013, has led to significant reforms and a substantial influx in state funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

He also raised funds to provide free inoculation for indigent children in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

In the motion, Robertson described Flores as indigent and said his client was unable to retain immigration counsel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Civil rights groups have also developed litigation and important coalitions related to the school-to-prison pipeline, inadequate indigent defense, and juvenile justice reform, to name a few.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The family also needs to seem trapped not only as impostors but, more crucially, as indigents.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020

The law allows public defenders to represent only indigents.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2019

When it becomes apparent, with the approach of evening, that the city cannot house all its indigents, those already in the library decide to stay there overnight.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

Nothing fancy or pretentious at this humble site, a resting place established for city indigents in the 1870s.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck