damaging property; destruction of property
Legal term for the crime of damaging or destroying another's property. Used in criminal law contexts.
The crime of damaging property is stipulated in Article 261 of the Penal Code.
The crime of damaging property and the crime of destroying objects are often discussed together.
document destruction or concealment crime; spoliation offense
Compound of 毀棄 (destruction, damage) and 罪 (crime). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern legal coinage.