deface
desfigurar
definition
verb
he defaced library books
spoil the surface or appearance of (something), e.g., by drawing or writing on it; mar or disfigure.
translation of 'deface'
verb
desfigurar,
hacer una mutilación,
mutilar
example
We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who 'deface' the city with graffiti.
Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to 'deface' Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ‘lazy attitude’ towards removing tags.
Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't 'deface' the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it.
It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not 'deface' Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa.
Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even 'deface' public property.
It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to 'deface' the bridge nor vandalise the area.
Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to 'deface' the monuments of the dead.
According to Moore, the chalkings qualify as 'defacement' of property and harassing and intimidating behavior, both of which are violations of the Student Code of Conduct.
The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or 'defaced' .
My usual idea of political activism is 'defacing' the candidate's photos in their election literature.
I just got through telling him that a kid was 'defacing' school property and it was in his area.
Some of them reportedly 'defaced' posters of her in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures.
A Bedford Bishop says he is ‘fed up’ with vandals 'defacing' his church.
In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti 'defacing' parked cars.
The abuse and ignorance we deal with from 'defacers' and defacement victims is staggering, and some of that abuse spills over into actual attacks.
Needless to say, I was shocked when I saw this source of pride 'defaced' with black spray paint.
The vandals have also 'defaced' rocks elsewhere on the moor, including popular routes for walkers and visitors to the area.
If the Anti-Graffiti crews can remove the Graffiti within a short space of time, the taggers will certainly lose interest if the 'defacement' of property has been removed and cannot been shown off to mates.
‘I couldn't condone anyone 'defacing' the city, even in chalk form,’ said Dublin's Lord Mayor, Dermot Lacey.
As Gardaí continue the hunt for reckless vandals who 'defaced' statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits.
The persons invading the San Jose office barricaded themselves in a conference room where they 'defaced' the walls and damaged furniture.
Speed camera bosses are undeterred by vandals who 'defaced' signs warning drivers that mobile speed cameras operate in the area.
Reported death threats, 'defacements' and incidents have yet to produce a single major prosecution.
The reaction generally to the 'defacement' must surely have sent a clear message to the vandals, and the last thing one need do is to pander to them.
Other hackers, most notably the Chaos Computer Club, have criticised The Dispatchers, a loose-knit collective of more than 60 'defacers' .
They moved here in 1959 and kept themselves busy by 'defacing' the books in the local library.
Madison homeowners are livid after vandals 'defaced' their homes.
York Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals 'defaced' its historic walls with offensive graffiti.
He even questioned his own role as a carver - a 'defacer' of wood's natural beauty.
A local constituency office in Keighley has been targeted by vandals who have 'defaced' the building with graffiti.
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