Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napoleans campaigns.
The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
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Defacement — Défacement Un défacement, défaçage ou défiguration (defacing en anglais) est un anglicisme désignant la modification non sollicitée de la présentation d un site Web, suite au piratage de ce site. Il s agit donc d une forme de détournement de site … Wikipédia en Français
defacement — I noun blemish, blot, blotch, blotting out, crack, damage, defect, deformation, deformity, destruction, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, effacement, erasure, fault, flaw, impairment, injury, injury to outward appearance,… … Law dictionary
Defacement — may refer to: Defacement (flag), a term used in heraldry and vexillology Defacement (vandalism), a type of vandalism Deface (film) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
Defacement — (englisch für „Entstellung“ oder „Verunstaltung“) bezeichnet in der EDV das unberechtigte Verändern einer Website. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Arten 2 Siehe auch 3 Weblinks 4 Einzelnachweise … Deutsch Wikipedia
Defacement — De*face ment, n. 1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. [1913 Webster] 2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
defacement — 1560s, from DEFACE (Cf. deface) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
Défacement — Un défacement, défaçage ou défiguration (defacing en anglais) est un anglicisme désignant la modification non sollicitée de la présentation d un site web, suite au piratage de ce site. Il s agit donc d une forme de détournement de site Web par un … Wikipédia en Français
defacement — deface ► VERB ▪ spoil the surface or appearance of. DERIVATIVES defacement noun … English terms dictionary
defacement — noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion he objected to the dam s massive disfigurement of the landscape • Syn: ↑disfigurement, ↑disfiguration • Derivationally … Useful english dictionary
Defacement (vandalism) — In common usage, to deface something refers to marking or removing the part of an object (especially images, be they on the page, in illustrative art or as a sculpture) designed to hold the viewers attention. Example acts of defacement could… … Wikipedia
