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  • noun Plural form of vandal.

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Examples

  • In practice, though, too often cyber bullies and what I call vandals tend to dominate the conversations.

    greatfallstribune.com - Local News 2009

  • She contacted the local police, only to discover that the current punishment to vandals is a slap on the wrist.

    Media Coverage October 2009 2010

  • After contacting the local police she discovered that the current punishment to vandals is a slap on the wrist.

    NEWS NOVEMBER 2009 2010

  • The continual interaction with trolls, eccentrics and vandals is very stressful, especially when some other librarian supports their ideas and makes banning them difficult.

    Wikipedia 2006

  • The de facto government responded that strong measures are needed against Mr. Zelaya's supporters, whom they describe as vandals, a point backed up by government television ads that show burning buses and street barricades.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • In all cases, both police and student leaders blamed independent, mobile, racially-mixed groups of casseurs - or "vandals" - who were not part of the pension protests themselves.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • There’s a gruesome irony in it now lying sacked and looted by financial vandals from the North.

    Monday Night « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • A gate that was supposed to be locked but the lock was cut by vandals, that is the focus of authorities in Oregon as they investigate James Kim's death from hypothermia and exposure.

    CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006 2006

  • The vandals are the people with the most real experi - ence on the System -- even the Army is beginning to see that.

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

  • The vandals are a long - range threat to our basic American freedoms, but day to day, they are a mere annoyance.

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

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