They would be killed by the professional beggars if they tried.

The good-looking ones can be hired out to professional beggars.

He had for years been known as a professional beggar, but his life appeared to have been a very quiet and innocent one.

One reservist later complained that they had become "professional beggars."

Ms. Sinrich said she "became a professional beggar" to get support for the project.

The creating of professional beggars through intentional childhood crippling does happen.

This is said to refer to the fact that the Kankali were once a community of professional beggars.

"I don't know if I'm a professional beggar or a professional sailor," he said.

However, the Act also made the first clear distinction between the "professional beggar" and those unemployed through no fault of their own.

The community is now associated with cattle trading, with poorer members being professional beggars.