noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an act of vandalism (= when someone deliberately damages things, especially public property )
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These mindless acts of vandalism affect the whole community.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Coun Oliver Blease said it would be an act of civic vandalism .
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More than 40 people were arrested, some on suspicion of vandalism .
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One disturbing finding was the high number of assaults relative to mere vandalism , Wolf said.
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Rapport, the community newspaper, describes it as wanton damage and wilful vandalism .
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Such measures are obviously justified where extreme violence has taken place or serious acts of vandalism have been committed.
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Such, then, are the fruits of Tod's meticulous vandalism .
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The Saturday Review denounced this extraordinary act of vandalism .
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We let off steam in graffiti, vandalism and football hooliganism.