vandalise

• vandalize (US, Oxford British English)

vandal +‎ -ise

• IPA^(key): /ˈvændəlaɪz/
• Hyphenation: van‧dal‧ise

vandalise (third-person singular simple present vandalises, present participle vandalising, simple past and past participle vandalised) (non-Oxford British English)

1. To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.
   • 2023 March 8, “Network News: First Tyne & Wear Metro '555' already 'tagged'”, in RAIL, number 978, page 9:

     Unfortunately, one side of the new five-car train is daubed in graffiti, having been vandalised in Wembley Yard, en route from Switzerland.

• vandalism, vandalisation, vandalization

vandalise

1. inflection of vandaliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative