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property damage
The intentional or negligent damaging or destruction of someone else's property. This is a criminal offense.
Das Zerkratzen des Autolacks wurde als Sachbeschädigung zur Anzeige gebracht.
The scratching of the car's paint was reported as property damage.
This word is made up of 'Sache' (thing/property) and 'Beschädigung' (damage). It therefore literally describes the damaging of a thing or of someone else's property.
Die Polizei ermittelt wegen Sachbeschädigung an mehreren Autos.
The police are investigating property damage to several cars.
'Sachbeschädigung' (property damage) is a term from legal and administrative language. In everyday speech, you would often simply say that someone broke or damaged something.
Der Vermieter hat Anzeige wegen Sachbeschädigung erstattet.
The landlord filed a complaint for property damage.
Common verbs used with this noun are 'eine Sachbeschädigung begehen' (to commit property damage), 'jemanden wegen Sachbeschädigung anzeigen' (to report someone for property damage), or 'eine Anzeige erstatten' (to file a complaint).
Wer eine Sachbeschädigung begeht, muss mit einer Strafe rechnen.
Anyone who commits property damage must expect a penalty.
property damage
Die Sachbeschädigung refers to the intentional or negligent act affecting someone else's property and its classification as a criminal offense. Der Sachschaden, by contrast, refers only to the damage caused to an object, regardless of how it was caused.
Nach dem absichtlichen Zerkratzen des fremden Autos ermittelt die Polizei wegen Sachbeschädigung.
After someone deliberately scratched the other person's car, the police investigated the incident as criminal damage.
Nach dem Zusammenstoß entstand an dem fremden Auto ein hoher Sachschaden.
The collision caused extensive property damage to the other person's car.
