So only John Doe, Jane Doe, and Richard Roe can be accused of mopery? Do we know they were in 8th century Spain with long-handled cleaning implements?
I believe it was the wimminfolk that used the long-handled cleaning instruments, therefore while Jane Doe could be charged with Mopery, John Doe and Richard Roe would be charged with Dopery.
I thought it was the Boors, but that didn’t happen until it became a tourist destination.
I thought that was spelled “R-A-G-G M-O-P-P”?
You must live in a bubble.
I have the impression Mopery includes such offenses as Driving/Walking/Window Shopping While Black/Hispanic/etc. In my younger days, a guy having long hair would do it. They need some sort of crime to arrest you for before they can nail you for Resisting Arrest.
That’s so Trivial.
Oh … wow. Hard to believe it’s been so many years since that thread.
:mad: :mad: :mad: MOOPS!
I love this place.
Are mopes related to mooks?
My personal favorite form of mopery that I ever saw in a law school hypothetical was “aggravated mopery with intent to creep.”
Quiet, you!
Is this not a somewhat common verb? i.e. To mope about, to sulk. Never heard the term mopery before, do not know if it is at all related. To me ‘mope’, or more commonly ‘moping’ does not seem archaic.
Agreed, though for me it’s almost always “mope around.” I grew up in 70s-80s New York metro – could it be (or have been) more popular in some regions than in others?
When I saw the thread title just now, I assumed it was referring to a real crime – loitering, perhaps. It seems an odd choice for a “placeholder” or joke.