vandalism
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈvæn.dəl.ɪ.zəm/
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vandalismo
- And that anger needed outlets, and those outlets came in the form of theft and vandalism.
- acts of vandalism
- theft and vandalism
- graffiti and vandalism
If you take more of these away and you get rid of all the stabbings, the rioting and the vandalism that's going on throughout our country just now.
- If you take more of these away and you get rid of all the stabbings, the rioting and the vandalism that's going on throughout our country just now.
- And it seems like what we have instead here is church, school and work verse rioting, looting and vandalism.
- So they've been able to enact all this violence for three weeks in vandalism and threats in Seattle.
- I do have something wrong with once you have committed sort of industrial skills, cultural vandalism, you can't really get it back.
Examples
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Some cottagers complained about trespassing and vandalism (Bar Harbor Record, 4 July 1889).
Academic text (1993) -
Yesterday an act of vandalism took place in the woods.
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Another fine target for vandalism is telephone boxes.
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My immediate reaction was that this was a case of vandalism that should be reported to the telephone company.
Academic text (1993) -
The group of three pointed to intentional vandalism on the part of the village representative.
Academic text (2004) -
Before 9/11, ports were concerned mainly with theft, vandalism, or accidents.
Academic text (2005) -
Interestingly, students and adults tended to agree strongly about whether weapons, hard drugs, vandalism, and bullying were problems on campus.
Academic text (2011) -
The city council is planning to enhance security measures to prevent further acts of vandalism in public parks.
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After the recent incident of vandalism, the school installed cameras to monitor the grounds more effectively.
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The graffiti on the historic building was deemed an act of vandalism by the local authorities.
Synonyms
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7.4
Damage to the surface or appearance of something, often done on purpose
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5.8
Damage done on purpose to public or private property including things online
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8.2
A crime of damaging another person's property on purpose
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vandalism comes from the name of the Vandals, a tribe people long ago said 'destroyed' parts of Rome, so their name became linked with damage. So vandalism means the deliberate destruction or damage of other people's property.