mayhem
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may·hem
(mā′hĕm′, mā′əm)n.
1. Law The criminal offense of willfully maiming, disabling, or disfiguring a person.
2. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing; wanton destruction: children committing mayhem in the flower beds.
3. A state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc.
[Middle English maim, mayhem, from Anglo-Norman maihem, from Old French mahaigne, injury, from mahaignier, to maim, from Vulgar Latin *mahanāre, probably of Germanic origin.]
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mayhem
(ˈmeɪhɛm) ormaihem
n
1. (Law) law the wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon a person, esp (formerly) the injuring or removing of a limb rendering him less capable of defending himself against attack
2. any violent destruction or confusion
[C15: from Anglo-French mahem injury, from Germanic; related to Icelandic meitha to hurt. See maim]
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may•hem
(ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm)n.
1. the crime of willfully inflicting an injury on another so as to cripple or mutilate.
2. random or deliberate violence or damage.
3. rowdy disorder.
[1350–1400; Middle English ma(he)yme]
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mayhem
Law. an intentional crippling, disfigurement, or mutilation of another.
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| Noun | 1. |  mayhem - the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another personcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" |
| 2. |  mayhem - violent and needless disturbance disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
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mayhem
noun chaos, trouble, violence, disorder, destruction, confusion, havoc, fracas, commotion the economic mayhem that this country's going through now
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mayhem
n
(US Jur) → (schwere) Körperverletzung
(= havoc) → Chaos nt
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