Meaning Of The Word Mayhem

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mayhem
uncountable noun: You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way.

mayhem in American English
the offense of maiming a person
noun: the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim

mayhem in British English
noun: the wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon a person, esp (formerly) the injuring or removing of a limb rendering them less capable of defending themselves against attack

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