[van.dal] n [L Vandalii (pl.), of Gmc origin] (1555) 1 cap: a member of a Germanic people who lived in the area south of the Baltic between the Vistula and the Oder, overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the 4th and 5th centuries a.d., and in 455 sacked Rome
2: one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public -- vandal adj, often cap -- Van.dal.ic adj