desecrating

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That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

But just know you’re desecrating a sacred space.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

She condemned the “mobs desecrating the halls of the Capitol of the United States” and declared that the House and Senate would return immediately to finish their work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Mr Kaluthantri himself surrendered to police and spent 21 days in custody on charges of desecrating the presidential flag.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein