n. & adj.
--n.
1. a person who wilfully or maliciously destroys or damages property.
2 (Vandal) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, N. Africa, and Rome in the 4th-5th c., destroying many books and works of art.
--adj. of or relating to the Vandals.
Derivatives:
Vandalic adj. (in sense 2 of n.).
Etymology: L Vandalus f. Gmc