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grave desecration

deliberately damaging a grave with intent to dishonor the dead person
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grave desecration

Summary

grave desecration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • grave desecration is a type of disturbing the peace of the dead[2].
  • grave desecration is a type of desecration[3].
  • grave desecration's Commons category is recorded as Vandalised graves[4].
  • grave desecration's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cemetery vandalism and desecration[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include disturbing the peace of the dead[2] and desecration[3].

Why It Matters

grave desecration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Poltergeist

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). grave desecration. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/grave-desecration
MLA “grave desecration.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/grave-desecration.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_grave-desecration_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{grave desecration}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/grave-desecration}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Cemetery vandalism and desecration
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → disturbing the peace of the dead, desecration
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284977305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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