vandalism

Meaning

Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.

Synonyms

barbarism

barbarity

malicious mischief

hooliganism

impairment

incapacitation

mischief

mischief-making

sabotage

crime

sabogate

subversive destruction

vandalization

delinquent behaviour

vandalisation

corruption

destruction

fraud

Translations

vandalisme

vandalismo

vandalismo

Vandalismus

vandalismo

βανδαλισμός

vandalisme

vandalisme

Zerstörungswut

gamberrismo

التخريب

hooliganisme

teppismo

gewalttätige Subkultur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvændəlɪzm̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal + -ism.