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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. willful damage or destruction of any property with no other purpose than damage or destruction of said property.
WordNet
n. willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others [syn: hooliganism, malicious mischief]
Wikipedia
Vandalism is "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property".
The term includes criminal damage such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner. The term finds its roots in an Enlightenment view that the Germanic Vandals were a uniquely destructive people.
"Vandalism" is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the 190th episode overall. The episode was written by Owen Ellickson. It was directed by Lee Kirk, who is series star Jenna Fischer's husband. It originally aired on NBC on January 31, 2013. The episode guest stars Chris Diamantopoulos as Brian the boom mike operator, Mark Proksch as Nate, Brad William Henke as Frank, and Ameenah Kaplan as Val.
The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, someone vandalizes Pam Halpert's warehouse mural. Distraught, she enlists Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) and Nellie Bertram ( Catherine Tate) to help her track down the vandal. Meanwhile, in their Philadelphia apartment, Darryl Philbin ( Craig Robinson) is uncomfortable with Jim Halpert's ( John Krasinski) uncleanliness. Angela Lipton ( Angela Kinsey) begrudgingly allows Oscar Martinez ( Oscar Nunez) and Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) to attend her son Phillip's first birthday party.
The episode received mixed reviews from television critics; many felt that the subplot involving Brian (Diamantopoulos) being attracted to Pam was shoehorned into the series and served little function other than to create superfluous drama. The episode was viewed by 3.97 million viewers and received a 1.9/5 percent rating among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. Although the episode ranked first in its half-hour timeslot, it tied with the series finale of 30 Rock to be the second highest-rated NBC series of the night.
Vandalism is Deluhi's first best of album. The album peaked #87 in the Oricon charts and charted for two weeks.
Vandalism is an Australian electro house music group. It comprises DJ Andy Van Dorsselaer (previous member of Madison Avenue) and vocalist/songwriter Cassie Van Dorsselaer.
Australian Electro/Dance outfit Vandalism is composed of Duo Andy Van on decks and vocalist Cassie Van. With the increasing demand for their distinctive live show, they have been touring across the globe with their ‘in-yer-face’ performances.
They have completed over a dozen international tours in the last 3 years, which included gigs at clubs & festivals in London, USA, Canada, Ibiza, Greece, Brazil, Zurich, Sweden, Moscow, Korea, Poland, Ireland & New Zealand (to name a few!). They’ve performed alongside well known international DJs including Skrillex, Avicii, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Eric Morillo, Prodigy, MSTRKRFT, and Boys Noize.
To date Vandalism have released a catalogue of singles, including She Got It, Rockin, Throw Your Hands Up, Vegas, Insane, Smash Disco, Never Say Never, Hablando, Bucci Bag. Vandalism have provided remixes for dance releases including Creeps, Rise Up, Heater, Toca’s Miracle, Blue Monday, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Get Shaky, Rolex Sweep, Right In The Night, I Believe, What’s It Gonna Be, He Not In, Girls & Boys, Back Once Again & Automatic Machine.
Vandalism began in 2004 as a partnership between producers Andy Van & Kam Denny, starting off remixing other producers’ works (most notably “Creeps” by The Freaks) before releasing their own original productions. Cassie joined the group as the lead vocalist and lyricist in 2005. In April 2009 Kam Denny parted ways with the group and is no longer a part of Vandalism.
Andy Van is a prominent Australian producer with over two decades experience in the dance music industry as a producer and DJ. He has performed under different monikers at events and festivals locally including Summadayze, Gatecrasher, Stereosonic, One Love, Platinum, HQ, Family, Kink, and internationally at Love Parade (UK), Creamfields, Manumission, Space, Bora Bora, (Ibiza), Ministry (UK). Vandalism have toured internationally to Miami, LA, London, Ibiza, Sweden, Greece, Holland, Korea & Japan, and supported DJs including Avicii, Pete Tong, Eric Morillo, Roger Sanchez, Armand Van Helden, Fatboy Slim, Angello & Ingrosso, Sasha & John Digweed.
Andy has performed on radio hosting shows on Britain’s Radio 1 (alongside Danny Rampling), Australia’s Austereo Network (Loaded Dance, 3 years) and Kiss FM (Melbourne). Director & Head of A&R at Australian dance music label Vicious Recordings. Notable signings include Avicii, Dirty South, The Potbelleez, Angger Dimas, Franz Novotny, Digital Lab.
Previous acts include Blackout, Astral Project and Madison Avenue who achieved chart success with their singles “Don’t Call Me Baby” (#5 ARIA, #1 UK) and “Who The Hell Are You” (#1 ARIA).
Cassie Van is Vandalism's vocalist & lyricist.
Her first band was ‘Girl Mansion’, an all girl covers band performing a catalogue of 80’s cover songs. Cassie previously worked as a professional dancer performing with Kylie Minogue, Madison Avenue, Peter Andre, and Meatloaf. As a back up dancer for electronic house music duo Madison Avenue Cassie met Andy Van and the Vandalism partnership began shortly after the breakup of Madison Avenue.
Cassie has provided vocals on Vandalism singles ‘Never say Never,’ ‘She Got It’, ‘Smash Disco’, ‘Twisted’, 'Throw Your hands Up', ‘Rockin,’ 'Vegas' & ‘Coming Alive’.
She has also hosted 'SLAM' on Channel 10, a behind the scenes look at NBL Basketballers.
Usage examples of "vandalism".
An inventory showed missing bottles of Ketamine, indicating a drug-related vandalism.
Centuries of vandalism had, however, reduced them to blackened, limbless stumps carved with the graffiti of ages.
Additionally, the sky-car must be protected against every manner of damage, nuisance and misfortune, including pilferage, destruction, curiosity, tampering, vandalism, defilement, removal or concealment.
Yet the lower reaches of the garden, the fantastically sculpted ice fountains, and the decorative benches all showed signs of malicious vandalism.
I speak for the provisional executive committee of the Uaian Order, and I inform you that a large group of Uldras from the Retent, nominally wards of the Mull, yesterday invaded our lands, specifically Morningswake Domain, and there committed acts of murder and vandalism.
At worst, specialists in the new field of SRA warned, teenagers who started out innocently playing with Ouija boards or reading books on paganism and magic could be drawn into rites involving the use of dangerous symbols, and from there into vandalism, animal mutilations, ritualistic abuse of children, and suicide, or even murder.
I explained that we wanted to stay in the area, but the history of this house and the vandalism was too upsetting for us to remain here.
In the Middle Ages, at a time of religious zealotry which produced a good deal of vandalism, it was thought to be a statue of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, and as such it escaped the melting pot.
There was apparently something about the telephone company that inspired more than the normal public inclination to vandalism, thievery, and scatological attack.
In December to that point it tallied two muggings, a stolen vehicle, four vehicle break-ins, a handful of stolen purses, some suspected pickpocket activity, a variety of disturbances by the obnoxious or irate, two episodes of vandalism, a hit-and-run in the parking lot, vagrancy, panhandling, et cetera, et cetera, and a two-part list six pages long of suspected or confirmed shoplifting and stolen or missing merchandise.
Maybe, after all, in their eyes, I was only the victim of the vandalism, the lady from New York who had the incredibly bad luck to buy a stigmatized house, and then to find a murder victim.
The sabotage was so undramatic it was scarcely more than adult vandalism, but why such pettiness, why not totally disabling acts?
It was a good life, and despite the vandalism of their property, her initial reservations about Bonita Vista faded away with the passing of days.
She dealt competently, sensibly and fearlessly with everything from murder to vandalism, and even compelled the crossroads college housed within her premises to behave itself.
Eventually he pleaded guilty to vandalism and, I guess, dognapping, although he agreed to pay for the Labradors and a new set of Winnebago tires.