defacing

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Defacing a shrine to immigrants of the past while fighting for the immigrants of today — it was a sad irony I wanted to discuss with the museum’s executive director and co-founder, Marianna Gatto.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

“Based on the aforementioned, it is your affiant’s belief that the defendant, Timothy Duane Hysom … did violate DC Code § 22–3312.01 Defacing Public or Private Property,” authorities stated.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2022

Defacing the surface of a ball produces the same kind of effect — added movement, to the opposite side of the scuff.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2019

Defacing a statute of white supremacist Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney on the grounds of the city hall in Frederick, Md. — and wanting to replace it with one of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2015

The fury of Cromwell's soldiers is thus described in an old paper called:— "A short and true narrative of the Rising and Defacing the Cathedral Church of Peterborough, in the year 1643."

From A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents by Phillips, George S. (George Searle)