A vandal is a person who purposely defaces or destroys property that is either publicly or privately owned. This includes such things as graffiti on highway bridges or train cars.
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Vandals were an ancient Germanic people who were known for senseless destruction during the sacking of Rome. Today the term vandal refers to anyone who practices wanton destruction of property.
The word vandal is a noun, a word for a person who damages property. Another noun form is vandalism, the damage caused by a vandal.
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The word Vandal refers to a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 AD. The word vandal has been used since the 1600's to describe someone who deliberately damages things, especially public property.
The word vandal is the noun for someone committing vandalism (noun for the act). The process can be vandalizing, from the verb to vandalize.
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The feeling of being on the vandal patrol cannot really be described in mere words alone. Being on the vandal patrol gives that scare to vandals as soon as they see a vandal patrol member's bio page. This scare gives an edge to vandal patrol members, and just the feeling of scaring a vandal into stop vandalizing WikiAnswers, so if there had to be one word, it would have to be awesome.
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The word Vandal means one who purposefully, willfully or out of ignorance destroys, damages or defaces the property or work of others. This includes both private and public property. A Vandal here in WikiAnswers is a contributor who removes, destroys or otherwise messes with a good answer. They may erase a good answer and place a bad answer. There are also other things a vandal probably could do to be considered a vandal.