- vandalism
- van|dal|ism [ `vændl,ızəm ] noun uncountthe act of deliberately damaging or destroying things, especially public property
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vandalism — van·dal·ism / vand əl ˌi zəm/ n: the willful or malicious destruction or defacement of property insurance covering property damage from vandalism and malicious mischief Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Vandalism — Datos generales Origen Melbourne, Australia Información& … Wikipedia Español
vandalism — VANDALÍSM s.n. Distrugere sălbatică a valorilor culturale, artistice etc. ale unui popor; p. gener. distrugere sălbatică şi nejustificată. – Din fr. vandalisme. Trimis de bogdanrsb, 11.08.2002. Sursa: DEX 98 vandalísm s. n., (fapte) pl.… … Dicționar Român
Vandalism — Van dal*ism, n. The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vandalism — 1798, from Fr. vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire, Bishop of Blois, c.1793; see VANDAL (Cf. vandal) + ISM (Cf. ism) … Etymology dictionary
vandalism — [n] destruction defacing, grafitti, mischief, ravaging, ruin, sacking, smashing, trashing, wreckage, wrecking; concepts 230,252 … New thesaurus
vandalism — [van′də liz΄əm] n. the actions or attitudes of a vandal; malicious or ignorant destruction of public or private property, often, specif., of that which is beautiful or artistic vandalistic adj … English World dictionary
Vandalism — For vandalism related policy on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Vandalism … Wikipedia
vandalism — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mindless, wanton ▪ minor, petty ▪ cultural, environmental VERB + VANDALISM ▪ … Collocations dictionary
vandalism — [[t]væ̱ndəlɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Vandalism is the deliberate damaging of things, especially public property. ...acts of vandalism. ...a 13 year old boy whose crime file includes violence, theft, vandalism and bullying … English dictionary
vandalism — n. to commit vandalism * * * [ vænd(ə)lɪz(ə)m] to commit vandalism … Combinatory dictionary
