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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-372: Mutilation, treating with indignity or destroying flag -

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Definitions.

A. Any person who shall contemptuously or maliciously tear

down, burn, trample upon, mutilate, deface, defile, defy, treat with

indignity, wantonly destroy, or cast contempt, either by word or

act, upon any flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States

of America shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.

B. The word "defile" as used in this section shall include

public conduct which brings shame or disgrace upon any flag of the

United States by its use for unpatriotic or profane purpose.

C. The terms "flag", "standard", "colors", or "ensign" of the

United States as used in this section shall include any picture,

representation or part thereof which an average person would

believe, upon seeing and without deliberation, to represent the

flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America.

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