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n. Law The offense of willfully maiming or crippling a person.

n. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing; wanton destruction: children committing mayhem in the flower beds.

n. A state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc.

n. A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.

n. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.

n. The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

n. The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.

n. The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See maim.

n. Violent disorder, especially such as causes serious harm to persons or damage to property.

n. At common law, a crime consisting in the violent doing of a bodily hurt to another person, such as renders him less able in fighting either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary, as distinguished from one which merely disfigures. See maim.

n. violent and needless disturbance

n. the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

"I like the word mayhem but it sounds a bit harsh than what we've got going on."

disturbance    crime    criminal offence    offence    offense    criminal offense    law-breaking   

maim   

disorder    commotion   

rapine    arson    devastation    vandalism    carnage    lawlessness    pillage    genocide    mutiny    misrule