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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvandalisme
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vandalisme
"La police enquête sur les actes de vandalisme commis cette nuit."
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Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.
"The historic monument was severely damaged in an act of senseless vandalism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Vandals, a Germanic tribe who sacked Rome in 455 CE, a term coined in the late 18th century during the French Revolution to describe willful destruction of public and private property.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vandalism" is said worldwide
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vandalisme
Transliteration: vandalisme
"La police enquête sur les actes de vandalisme commis cette nuit."
Vandalismus
Transliteration: Vandalismus
"Die Stadtverwaltung kämpft gegen den zunehmenden Vandalismus an Schulen."
vandalismo
Transliteration: vandalismo
"Il parco è stato chiuso a causa dei frequenti atti di vandalismo."
vandalismo
Transliteration: vandalismo
"El ayuntamiento limpió las pintadas como parte de su campaña contra el vandalismo."
vandalismo
Transliteration: vandalismo
"Os ônibus novos foram alvos de vandalismo na semana passada."
तोड़फोड़
Transliteration: tod-phod
"सार्वजनिक संपत्ति पर तोड़फोड़ करना एक कानूनी अपराध है।"
蓄意破坏
Transliteration: xùyì pòhuài
"警方正在调查这起针对公共设施的蓄意破坏事件。"
반달리즘
Transliteration: bandalijeum
"역사적인 기념물이 반달리즘으로 인해 훼손되었습니다."
器物破損
Transliteration: kibutsu hason
"公園のベンチに対する器物破損行為が相次いでいる。"
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