Vandalism (capitalized) is the spirit or conduct of the
Vandals; thus, ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.
Uncapitalized, vandalism is willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
The term is usually generalized to include undesired, non-destructive unauthorized modification (e.g. defacement?) of property.
World Wide Web vandalism
With the rise and development of the
World Wide Web came unauthorized and undesired modification of webpages.
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