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Sachbeschädigung

criminal damage, property damage

noun ZAKH-be-she-di-gung Rare
People & Society Crime

Usage Note

Sachbeschädigung (§ 303 StGB) covers the intentional damaging or destruction of another's property; it is punishable by up to two years' imprisonment or a fine and requires a Strafantrag in most non-aggravated cases.

Examples

"Wegen Sachbeschädigung erstattete der Hausbesitzer Strafanzeige."

Natural Translation

The property owner filed a criminal complaint for damage to property.

Literal Translation

Because-of criminal-damage filed the house-owner criminal-complaint.

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