noun
- deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property: vandalism of public buildings.
- the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
- willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures.
- a vandalic act.
noun
- the wanton or deliberate destruction caused by a vandal or an instance of such destruction
1798, from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire, Bishop of Blois, c.1793; see vandal + -ism.