vandalism
Example Sentences
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“It is almost certainly the greatest collective act of scientific vandalism in recent American history,” environmental journalist Bill McKibben wrote in The New Yorker in December.
From Salon
Fearing looting and vandalism after Kadhafi's overthrow, the antiquities department removed "all the artefacts until the country re-stabilised", said Fakroun, 63, who has worked at the French archaeological mission to Libya for almost four decades.
From Barron's
Cases have been brought over private Facebook messages, flash mob protests scattering anti-election leaflets, and vandalism of candidate placards.
From Barron's
In the 12 months after the Hamas assault, she said antisemitic incidents in Australia had surged 316 percent to more than 2,000 -- including threats, assaults, vandalism and intimidation.
From Barron's
After that earlier Warner mugging, I wrote about the “legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become.”
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