defacement

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If pressed, some argue the indignation over the defacement itself betrays how little our culture values the planet when compared to inanimate works of canvas and pigment.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

The ruling Georgian Dream party condemned the defacement of the icon but has not commented on the national debate about the role of Stalin.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

“Over several weeks, the protesters covered streets, sidewalks, and storefronts with paint and chalk. The markings were ubiquitous and in open violation of the District’s defacement ordinance, yet none of the protesters were arrested.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

The defenses of this defacement are also tiresomely predictable.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

The destruction, injury, defacement, or disturbance of any buildings, signs, equipment, trees, flowers, vegetation, rocks, minerals, animal, bird, or other life is prohibited.

From Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park by Interior, United States Dept. of the