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 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

Bigger Fines for Defacing City’s Streets to Save a Spot It is an urban pastime borne out of scarcity, ingenuity and an abiding faith that no one is paying attention.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2013

Yet I note the little chisel    Of never-napping Time, Defacing ghast and grizzel    The blazon of my prime.

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas