2. Noun. defacement ¹
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Definition of Defacing
1. deface [v] - See also: deface
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defacing
Literary usage of Defacing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... without defacing and destroying the same at the time of such removal. It also
follows that whatever presumptions may arise as to the manner of removal, ..."
2. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop, James Kendall Hosmer (1908)
"... and called into question about the defacing the cross in the ensign; and a
committee was chosen, viz., every town chose one, (which yet were voted by ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"They attempted the fame in the upper room ;. but it is probable, that in both
places, they had no other reward for the great pains they were at in defacing- ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland by John Hay Athole Macdonald (1877)
"defacing. § 16. defacing any British current coin by stamping names or words upon
it, whether it is lightened in the process or not. Making base § 22. ..."
5. The Penal Code of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, John H. McKune (1872)
"Every person who defaces or obliterates the defacing marks upon wrecked ...
Every person who cuts out, alters, or defaces defacing marks any mark made upon ..."
6. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1852)
"... fail to be so posted ; and any Person displacing or defacing defacing Ab- such
Abstracts so posted shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding street. ..."
7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... knighthood at least, to the utter defacing o'f you and your posterity, noe
more out ¡at. ... defacing ..."
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