vandalize
verb (used with object)
to destroy or deface by vandalism.
had vandalized
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past perfectof vandalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mosque-goers told police that Gray was the man who had vandalized their sanctuary on April 4, having recognized him for security footage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Lochte claimed he and the swimmers were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station but it was later revealed Lochte had vandalized a poster.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022
She points to a recent ruling in which teens who had vandalized a historic black schoolhouse were ordered by a judge to visit the U.S.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018
By the time of the Janet Cooke episode, Mr. Bradlee had weathered strikes by members of the Newspaper Guild, many of them his friends, and the pressmen, who had vandalized the pressroom.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2014
