Sentence examples for deface books from inspiring English sources

They would never deface books.

I am charged with the worst sort of library crime - defacing books.

Bad boys on the loose and on the prowl, they made a habit of mercilessly defacing books for a long time before being apprehended and then imprisoned for six months.

This, she says, might indicate that the women were less willing to deface their books, but it might also mean that they were less likely to read their books, which were often donated by parishioners.

The 40 defaced library books continue to divide opinion.

Then in 1962, Orton and Halliwell were arrested and imprisoned for defacing library books.

In May 1962 a pair of would-be writers were each sentenced to six months in prison for defacing library books.

On 25 April, it will be 50 years since Joe Orton, the playwright best known for Loot, and his partner, Kenneth Halliwell, were arrested for stealing and defacing library books.

In April 1962, while still struggling writers, both he and Halliwell received a six-month prison sentence for stealing and defacing library books (which they then returned: their inspired and witty collages could now be considered high-concept art).

After all, Orton's success was not only a long time coming (a decade of abject failure was crowned by a six-month spell in prison for defacing library books), but when it did finally arrive in 1964 (with the West End production of Entertaining Mr Sloane) it lasted only until 9 August 1967.

Religious icons are defaced, prayer books burnt, the altar smashed.