In recent years, in New York City, it has become a common sight to see whole blocks of abandoned apartments, with Windows broken, or boarded up to prevent further havoc by vandals.

近年来，在纽约城区内，经常可见整段的街区都是废弃的公寓建筑，窗户破烂，或者用木板钉死以防遭人恣意毁坏。

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In the village of Santo Domingo, the ICRC sets up its clinic in the long abandoned health centre - a dilapidated three-room building with broken windows, and, like the rest of the village, no electricity.

BBC: News, River Caguan, Colombia

They are not that way anymore and we made the changes with the CompStat program, the broken windows theory and with very, very good leadership.

CNN: Giuliani's responses at the CNN/YouTube debate

She said the homes of workers had been attacked with stones and their windows broken.

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly