Synonyms for vandalism
ˈvæn dlˌɪz əmvan·dal·ism

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1. vandalismnoun

   Synonyms:
   vandalization

2. vandalismnoun

   Willful damage or destruction of any property with no other purpose than damage or destruction of said property.

   As we turned down the street I was appalled by the vandalism; spray-paint and smashed windows that were everywhere.

   Synonyms:
   vandalization

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1. vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischiefnoun

   willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

   Synonyms:
   malicious mischief, hooliganism

Matched Categories

1. • Destruction
   • Mischief

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1. vandalismnoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarity

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1. List of paraphrases for "vandalism":

   hooliganism, sabotage, subversion

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1. Howard Collins:

   One of the difficulties before this kit was available, often we only found the vandalism and graffiti when the train returned to the depot where they're repaired or cleaned. But now we're building a profile of where and when these incidents occur. So the police already have the intelligence and the information to say, this is where this is likely to occur and this is the time of day.

2. Edward C. Banfield:

   Although he has more leasure than almost anyone, the indifference ,appathy if one preferes, of the lower class person is such that he seldom makes even the simplest repaires to the place that he lives in. He is not troubled by dirt or dilapidation and he does not mind the inadequacy of public facilities such as schools, parks hospitals and libraries. Indeed, where such things exist, he may destroy them by carelessness or even by vandalism.

3. President Trump:

   Theyre a Chinese restaurant family and they have been threatened. They have been the victims of hate speech and hate crimes, with vandalism and that sort of thing on their property.

4. Life First CEO Becky Sheetz:

   We came in one day and there was vandalism, graffiti, on the back of the center, on the side that we operated the building, so we reported it to local law enforcement right away and it was cleaned up, it was actually just graffiti, clearly targeted along the lines of the graffiti and vandalism that you were seeing all across the nation in the tens and tens, over 100 pregnancy centers that were vandalized.

5. Luiz Fernando Correa:

   We have not been able to identify who did this but it appears to be an act of vandalism not an act of criminal aggression targeting anyone in particular.