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 vandalism ['vændəliz(ə)m]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 故意毁坏文物的行为, 破坏他人财产的行为



    vandalism
    [ noun ]
    willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
    <noun.act>


    Vandalism \Van"dal*ism\, n.
    The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty;
    hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction
    or defacement of their monuments.

    1. Frank Joseph Smithart, 19, apologized for the vandalism and pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal mischief for defacing the entrances to the two buildings.
    2. Since March 2, when 6,300 drivers and 3,000 maintenance and other workers walked out, the strike has been marred by vandalism and violence.
    3. Is there time to find some Brussels directive that will stop this game before it gets out of hand? If Highland Fling is anything to go by, there is a case against Bourne for aggravated and witless vandalism. The piece is an unabashed stinker.
    4. He has condemned outbreaks of anti-Soviet vandalism.
    5. A man's plan to open his ranch to commercial trout fishing has angered his rural neighbors and led to complaints about gunshots, vandalism and the poisoning of two ponds filled with dozens of large fish.
    6. But obviously, we don't condone vandalism," Flewelling said. "What we want to do is get back to the bargaining table." No new talks have been scheduled.
    7. The vandalism was the first incident of desecration to the memorial since someone tried to burn down six yew bushes at the site 10 years ago, Spiegel said.
    8. Company officials complained there had been 450 "serious acts of sabotage or vandalism" during the walkout.
    9. Fortunately, conservationists say, they live to be 20. Nonetheless, the world's bat population has declined drastically in recent years because of vandalism and hunting of the animals in some countries.
    10. A Christian couple and their eight children who fled religious persecution in the Soviet Union have become the targets of death threats, vandalism and a cross burning in their new home.
    11. The campaign in religious areas has been marked by telephone threats and vandalism, including swastikas painted on walls.
    12. Repeating the process on a European scale would lead to 'environmental vandalism' masquerading as environmental benefit.
    13. Calling it the nation's worst case of graffiti damage, the city attorney has charged a young man with 20 misdemeanor counts of vandalism and trespassing.
    14. The former ESL software engineer is charged with seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, felony vandalism and second-degree burglary.
    15. "What started here tonight was something that began as a social protest but it quickly degenerated into just plain vandalism," University of California student David Brooks, 19, said Friday night.
    16. Among the more serious offenses were 68 charged with drunken driving and 67 charged with drug violations, five with vandalism and five with burglary.
    17. But Peggy Poche, of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, said no evidence was found of satanic worship when the vandalism was discovered. "It looks like what it is _ vandalism by kids," Poche said Monday.
    18. But Peggy Poche, of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, said no evidence was found of satanic worship when the vandalism was discovered. "It looks like what it is _ vandalism by kids," Poche said Monday.
    19. He's scared." But Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward said that the damage in the synagogue looked like more than vandalism.
    20. He also said the private home of Roger Savain, Minister of Information under Manigat, was being guarded for protection against vandalism.
    21. Officials said vandalism is a difficult security problem for rangers and U.S. Park Police because people routinely touch the wall and make rubbings of names.
    22. Shank said police didn't know if the burning was an act of vandalism, the work of some type of cult or an act aimed at the family of the dead man.
    23. The age-discrimination suit, filed by attorney Gloria R. Allred, alleged that Tracy Tellez was told to leave the Valencia restaurant halfway through her meal Jan. 22 under a policy aimed at curbing teen-age vandalism.
    24. Most rural places have lower rates of theft, vandalism, rape and assault than do more populous areas.
    25. In addition, the president suspended all hearings before the special courts set up to try the youths, most of whom were arrested for looting and acts of vandalism during the unrest that began Oct. 4.
    26. Police reported about 300 English and German hoodlums, including 16 right-wing extremists, were arrested or placed under preventive detention in three cities in the latest round of clashes and vandalism by soccer fans.
    27. Officers obtained warrants charging Glenda Kniphfer with trespassing and vandalism, both misdemeanors, after the incident late Tuesday.
    28. The bandshell has become an anachronism that attracts illegal activity and vandalism. The removal of the bandshell will restore the area to Olmsted's original plan, and make the area safer.
    29. Operator error, equipment failure and vandalism have caused several major accidents in the past decade on SEPTA's suburban train and trolley systems, including one fatality and 246 injuries in three accidents during a 22-month stretch from 1984 to 1986.
    30. Tensions remained after the settlement of a telephone strike in California and Nevada, while vandalism and demonstrations mounted in a strike in the Northeast.
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