defacing

Example Sentences

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The property crimes follow the much-publicized defacing of downtown high-rises with graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

But Navarro couldn’t save Julie, and Leah assumes that Danvers is not on her side, even when her stepmother gets her out of trouble for defacing the mining office.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

The following year he was sent to prison after refusing to pay fines for defacing English-only road signs.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023

The top surface of the dried gum is not subject to local or national jurisdictions, creating a space where Wilson says he can paint without defacing public property.

From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023

It was defacing, it was taking away someone’s face.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood