mayhem vs vandalism

mayhem

noun
  • The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. 

  • The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. 

  • Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. 

  • A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. 

vandalism

noun
  • Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement. 

How often have the words mayhem and vandalism occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )