a substrate;

a plurality of die cuts made in first portions of the substrate;

a print coating or an image coating on a first side of the substrate; and

an adhesive on a second side of the substrate;

wherein the plurality of die cuts in the first portions are arranged to damage or to tear the substrate when the label is adhered to a surface by the adhesive of the second side and an attempt is made to remove the label from the surface;

wherein the plurality of die cuts are arranged in a first set of die cuts and a second set of die cuts, the first set of die cuts is adjacent to a first end of the label and the second set of die cuts is arranged on a second end of the label, the second end is an opposing and opposite end from the first end, wherein each die cut of the first set of die cuts comprise a pair of two lines that intersect at a point and the point is oriented and pointing towards the first end and each die cut of the second set of die cuts comprises a pair of two lines that intersect at a point and the point is oriented and pointing towards the second end, wherein the pairs of the two lines of the first set of die cuts are further arranged in at least four first rows, and wherein the pairs of the two lines of the second set of die cuts are further arranged in at least four second rows, wherein the first set of die cuts extends a width of the label from a top of the label to a bottom of the label at the first end of the label, wherein the second set of die cuts extends the width of the label from the top of the label to the bottom of the label at the second end of the label, wherein the label is configured to provide visible evidence of tampering when removed.