*Spanish: Dr. Risner - SPA-3303

• Graffiti
  
• Street Art
  
• Stencil Graffiti
  
• Culture Jamming
• Lee Quiñones
• Banksy
  
• Os Gêmeos
• Lady Pink
  

Pronunciation: /grəˈfiːti/

plural noun (singular graffito /-təʊ/)

[treated as singular or plural]

• writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place: the station was covered in graffiti

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective graffitied)

• write or draw graffiti on (something): the graffitied walls
• write (words or drawings) as graffiti: graffitied names sprayed on bus shelters

"Graffiti is revolutionary, in my opinion and any revolution might be considered a crime. People who are oppressed or suppressed need an outlet, so they write on walls -- it's free." -- Terrance Lindall, executive director of the Williamsburg Art and Historic Center