TITLE 18 § 333: Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System,with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Sound like someone near to you is a plain old ordinary criminal.
The WHOLE intent is to circulate the bill with the words "War Criminal", not remove it from circulation.
having his mug UNmarked by the term makes such a note UNFIT for ISSUE in the first instance.
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