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vandal

van.dal \'van-d*l\ \van-'dal-ik\ n [L Vandalii (pl.), of Gmc origin] cap  
   1: one of a Germanic people anciently dwelling south of the Baltic between  
   the Vistula and the Oder, overrunning Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in 
   the 4th and 5th centuries AD and in 455 sacking Rome 2: one who willfully 
   or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property b elonging to another 
   or to the public often cap  - vandal aj