waifs in English
noun
1
a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child.
she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays
2
a piece of property thrown away by a fleeing thief and held by the state in trust for the owner to claim.
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1. Synonyms for Aberrants include strayings, deviations, aberrances, aberrancies, aberrations, divagations, divergence, mavericks, stragglers and waifs