as in vandalization
deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property
anyone guilty of vandalism to university property will be expelled
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Recent Examples of vandalism
Barron continues to have a conversation with her students about vandalism of school property and discipline within the classroom.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Amid a rise in cases of theft and vandalism along Nigerian oil facilities, TotalEnergies was one of a number of oil majors to divest from some Nigerian oil assets over the past year, selling its stake in a field for $510 million to Shell in May.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then, in 2008, when protests in Lhasa spread nationwide and escalated into vandalism targeting Chinese establishments, the Dalai Lama again intervened.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The woman was arrested by deputies and booked into Las Colinas jail on suspicion of felony vandalism.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Amid a rise in cases of theft and vandalism along Nigerian oil facilities, TotalEnergies was one of a number of oil majors to divest from some Nigerian oil assets over the past year, selling its stake in a field for $510 million to Shell in May.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then, in 2008, when protests in Lhasa spread nationwide and escalated into vandalism targeting Chinese establishments, the Dalai Lama again intervened.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The woman was arrested by deputies and booked into Las Colinas jail on suspicion of felony vandalism.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandalism
Noun
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Critical wildlife habitat may be put at risk for alteration or wholesale destruction.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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But tenants have little legal footing to stand on in combating that destruction.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The tactics have transcended low-level website defacements and data theft too and now extend to more destructive attacks on systems such as energy grids, gas pipelines, and undersea cables.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Tuesday’s alert is the latest in what’s been a string of hateful defacements this summer.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Vandalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalism. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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