panhandling

Police calls were up and so were resident complaints about panhandling.

When I see people panhandling, I don’t give them spare change, or even a dollar; I give them a five or a ten or a twenty — and a kind word.

He looked dispassionately into his own story of addiction, panhandling, paranoia and homelessness.

Although the New York City subway system has been plagued by problems including fare evasion and aggressive panhandling, it is rare for riders to take law enforcement into their own hands.

Silva proudly displays his sketchbooks and says he’s a tattoo artist, but these days he spends most of his time panhandling.