indigent
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He also raised funds to provide free inoculation for indigent children in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
His 2001 land reform program redistributed government-owned and private land to indigent residents willing to cultivate it.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
Clark, who now represents indigent clients on criminal appeals, looks back on the Schaeffer case and thinks about how dimly people, herself included, grasped the stalking phenomenon in 1989.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
Approximately 80 percent of criminal defendants are indigent and thus unable to hire a lawyer.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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