vandalism









vandalism


noun

  1. deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property: vandalism of public buildings.
  2. the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
  3. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures.
  4. a vandalic act.

noun

  1. the wanton or deliberate destruction caused by a vandal or an instance of such destruction
n.

1798, from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire, Bishop of Blois, c.1793; see vandal + -ism.

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