destruction of property
Deliberate asset ruination
Destruction of property is the deliberate damaging or ruining of something belonging to another person or to the public.
The phrase appears most often in legal contexts, where it may constitute a criminal offense or civil wrong: He was charged with destruction of property after smashing the storefront windows.
The severity depends on the value destroyed and whether the act was malicious.
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- malicious mischiefIntentional property destruction
- vandalismWillful property damage
- broken windowsDamaged transparent barriers
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
looting · defacement · rioting · restitution · sabotage · slash and burn · civil litigation · tort law · artwork · terrorism · monuments · punitive damages · insurance fraud · liability · graffiti · buildings · criminal damage · bombing
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- juvenile crimetruancy, vandalism, shoplifting, joyriding, underage drinking
- atrocitiesHolocaust, genocide, massacre, massacres, ethnic cleansing
destruction of propertyconstruction
Process of building something
building · renovation · repair · property development · rehabilitation
destruction of propertyproperty protection
Safeguarding owned assets
theft · trespass · burglary · larceny · embezzlement
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