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
Nord was also accused of antisemitic vandalism in Oak Park and charged in the March 2023 arson of a Scientology center in Farmington Hills.
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Jackson, 39, was charged with felony counts of groping a 15-year-old girl and vandalism.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
The site, a flashpoint for debate in last year’s mayoral election, drew as many as 40 loiterers at a time, open air drug sales and frequent vandalism before its parking lot was fenced off.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
Delgado estimated his downtown restaurants suffer break-ins or vandalism about two to three times per year.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Jackson, 39, was charged with felony counts of groping a 15-year-old girl and vandalism.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
The site, a flashpoint for debate in last year’s mayoral election, drew as many as 40 loiterers at a time, open air drug sales and frequent vandalism before its parking lot was fenced off.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
Delgado estimated his downtown restaurants suffer break-ins or vandalism about two to three times per year.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandalism
Noun
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Riverside has both a community center named for Chavez and a bronze statue — often the target of vandalization — on the Main Street pedestrian mall in the city’s downtown.—
Ryan Carter,
Daily News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Police said officers from the 116th Precinct had been alerted to the vandalization in the neighborhood and found 11 different police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, with damage.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction famously took on the traditional ideas of the hero’s journey and destruction in storytelling, arguing that the earliest human tool was not a weapon, but a container, such as a bag, a basket, or even a net, designed for gathering and storing food.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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While humans have learned to harness the wind to create clean energy, there’s no way to stop hurricane-force winds or tornadoes that cause destruction.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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This can include denial-of-service attacks, in which hackers try to jam a network so legitimate users cannot use it, and website defacements, which can prevent a company from communicating with customers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The defacements concerned city officials enough that Los Angeles Metro buses with Melania ads have been routed from some neighborhoods into other, presumably Melania-friendlier zones.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Vandalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalism. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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