as in vandals
a person who destroys or damages something deliberately; a person who performs sabotage
The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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The vandals also left red handprints on the doors.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
10 Dec. 2024 -
Under the cover of darkness, vandals targeted University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker’s Huntington Woods home, spraying antisemitic graffiti on his car and smashing his front window with a jar of urine.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Saboteurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saboteurs. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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