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
Security issues, including a fence with breaks in it, and a lack of a timely insurance claim are to blame for vandalism and damage to monuments that had been moved to storage at a Department of Transportation yard, according to an Office of the Inspector General of the City of Baltimore report.
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Cale Ahearn, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
For everything else that's unrelated to windstorms—water damage, fire, lighting, vandalism, theft—Florida homeowners would still have to rely on the traditional homeowner's policy in the private market.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The order also reinstates an order Trump issued in his first term protecting monuments from vandalism.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Another part of the order reinstates a 2020 order to protect monuments and federal offices from vandalism.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Cale Ahearn, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
For everything else that's unrelated to windstorms—water damage, fire, lighting, vandalism, theft—Florida homeowners would still have to rely on the traditional homeowner's policy in the private market.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The order also reinstates an order Trump issued in his first term protecting monuments from vandalism.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Another part of the order reinstates a 2020 order to protect monuments and federal offices from vandalism.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Vandalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalism. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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