deface

Example Sentences

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They added these extraordinary efforts to hide his identity began to fall apart in September 2000, after he was charged with defacing a billboard in New York.

From BBC

Blank signage erected around the town ahead of the meter rollout has been defaced with the same word: "Resist".

From BBC

Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.

From BBC

She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.

From Los Angeles Times

They have all issued public warnings against damaging or defacing banknotes when making these bouquets of cash.

From BBC