as in destroying
to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property
he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
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Edgewood police are seeking information leading to the arrest of those responsible for vandalizing restrooms at President's Park.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2024
Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2024
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Keeping the excessive usage of drones in ongoing wars in mind, the United States Army’s Apache helicopters are training to get better at destroying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) mid-flight using Hellfire missiles, among other ammunition.Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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The grand jury accused Whiting of misuse of public monies, theft, conflict of interest, harassment, sending a threatening letter and stealing, destroying, altering or secreting public records.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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The hotel alleged that Payne was intoxicated on drugs and alcohol, and had been trashing his room at the time of the disturbance.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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Incidentally, Buehler was last seen trashing the dugout after yielding six runs in Game 3 against the San Diego Padres.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Angel City also received a $20,000 cash fine, plus a loss of $20,000 in unfunded allocation money, in 2021 for violating the NWSL’s tampering policy regarding then-Gotham player Allie Long.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing death, but convicted of the lesser charge of violating his civil rights causing bodily injury.Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Vandalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalizing. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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