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vandalize

[van-dl-ahyz] / ˈvæn dlˌaɪz /


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"I didn’t vandalize anything," Hearn told the Washington Post last month.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

“We are asking the public to let us conduct our investigation and not to vandalize or damage anyone’s home,” said Officer Natalie Garcia, a Santa Ana police public information officer.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2025

Yet Twombly grasped, I think, that life is plotless, that meaninglessness reigns — hence, perhaps, his urge to deface, to vandalize.

From Washington Post Jan. 14, 2023

Mr. Jordan said he believes the Department of Justice has the ability to prosecute people who vandalize crisis pregnancy centers.

From Washington Times Jan. 11, 2023

“And yes, if they’re going to go through all the hassle to vandalize one of my books, you’d think they’d check their spelling.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The bill upgrades the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony if someone vandalizes “any public monument or structure on public property.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 1, 2021

In another tweet Tuesday, Trump said anyone who vandalizes or topples a statute could be charged under a federal law.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2020

Macron’s government has said it will crack down harder on unauthorized protests and get tougher on anyone who loots or vandalizes shops and monuments.

From Reuters Jan. 9, 2019

When Bart vandalizes a statue in the center of Springfield, he confesses to the whole town and is immediately forgiven.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2014

He draws in nail polish, sloshes gnarly ceramic sculptures with glaze, builds and vandalizes Formica plinths in mockery of Minimalism and makes street-wise, toxic-looking Rothkos, using black and fluorescent spray paint.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2010

Trump said on social media on 20 June that "work will begin immediately on fixing the seriously vandalized Reflecting Pool".

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

On Sunday, Trump took to Truth Social to announce that "work will begin immediately on fixing the seriously vandalized Reflecting Pool".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote on social media that "multiple synagogues and private homes in Queens were vandalized overnight with swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti."

From Barron's May 4, 2026

The protest at Cal State L.A. escalated after a student services building on the campus was vandalized in June of that year.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

“Someone vandalized one of the yearbooks we were looking at,” she said.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The outages as well as regular shortages of food, medicine and other basics are spurring frustrations, with demonstrators vandalizing a provincial office of the Cuban Communist Party last weekend.

From Barron's Mar. 21, 2026

“I don’t think they’re really part of the protest. They’re just vandalizing because they’re upset.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

In theory, the 30/500 rule serves as a safeguard since new users are more likely than experienced accounts to try vandalizing the page.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2024

The Justice Department has not commented on Ms. Kamke, who pleaded guilty to vandalizing CompassCare shortly before midnight on March 15.

From Washington Times Oct. 5, 2023

A few weeks earlier, on Feb. 18, a man was arrested for vandalizing Masonic lodges across central Illinois, causing "massive damage."

From Salon Aug. 13, 2023




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