defacing

Example Sentences

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Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

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 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