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Descriptor English: Vandalism
Descriptor Spanish: Vandalismo
Descriptor vandalismo
Scope note: Devastación, destrucción característica de los vándalos. Vándalo: persona que destruye o mutila los monumentos. Actualmente se utiliza para designar a los grupos de personas que provocan destrozos y saqueos en algún lugar. (Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Vandalismo
Descriptor French: Vandalisme
Tree number(s): SP3.311.900.686.714
Scope note: Devastation, destruction characteristic of vandals. Vandal: person who destroys the monuments. Today the term is used to designate groups of people who cause destruction and looting somewhere. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 34983
Unique ID: DDCS034983
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Vandalism - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060848
Scope note Devastation, destruction characteristic of vandals. Vandal: person who destroys the monuments. Today the term is used to designate groups of people who cause destruction and looting somewhere. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Preferred term Vandalism



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