violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard.
growing luxuriantly, as weeds.
in full sway; prevailing or unchecked: a rampant rumor.
(of an animal) standing on the hind legs; ramping.
Heraldry. (of a beast used as a charge) represented in profile facing the dexter side, with the body upraised and resting on the left hind leg, the tail and other legs elevated, the right foreleg highest, and the head in profile unless otherwise specified: a lion rampant.
Architecture. (of an arch or vault) springing at one side from one level of support and resting at the other on a higher level.
Origin of rampant
1350–1400; Middle English <Old French, present participle of ramper to ramp1
Mail-in ballots — and elections generally — are subject to rampant fraud.
Five falsehoods spurring Republican concern about the election|Philip Bump|October 15, 2020|Washington Post
Over the past week, young Nigerians have ramped up widespread protests—online and offline—against rampant brutality by local police.
How a youth-led digital movement is driving Nigeria’s largest protests in a decade|Yomi Kazeem|October 13, 2020|Quartz
It spoke to the fact that there’s a ton of rampant speculation right now bordering on conspiracy theorizing, when the truth is that we don’t really know much.
Our misinformation problem is about to get much, much worse|Sean Illing|October 6, 2020|Vox
Various Prospect facilities in California have had bedbugs in patient rooms, rampant water leaks from the ceilings and what one hospital manager acknowledged to a state inspector “looks like feces” on the wall.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances|by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke|September 30, 2020|ProPublica
Misinformation about voting, the election, and both candidates for the presidency is already rampant on Facebook and every other media platform, and it's being spread by actors both foreign and domestic.
Facebook’s plan to prevent election misinformation: Allowing it, mostly|Kate Cox|September 3, 2020|Ars Technica
How this will all shake out is a topic of rampant speculation.
High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital|Will Doig|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Booker assumed office, his half-a-million constituents were grappling with high unemployment and rampant poverty.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy|Olivia Nuzzi|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As if to illustrate the rampant sexism that still exists, hackers threatened to release nude photos of her after her speech.
The Gender-Pay Gap: It’s Real, and Yes, It’s Sexism|Monica Potts|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This has produced an unearthing of the unequal and unfair policing of African Americans rampant across this nation.
From the Levant to Ferguson to Baltimore, The Most Violent Summer in Years|Gene Robinson|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Decomposing corpses led to a rampant plague so severe it spread to Syria.
In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of History|Justin Marozzi|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She recognized the rampant reddish, hair, the dent at the corner of one exposed eye.
The Trail of Conflict|Emilie Baker Loring
The giantess paused and stood with raised arms, rampant and threatening.
Old Farm Fairies:|Henry Christopher McCook
Mather called her rampant hag, and hence much of Christendom has been influenced to contemplate her with aversion.
Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism|Allen Putnam
For twenty-four hours the long-repressed animal spirits are rampant.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
From the seventh to the twelfth century, the tendency to asceticism was rampant.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863|Various
British Dictionary definitions for rampant
rampant
/ (ˈræmpənt) /
adjective
unrestrained or violent in behaviour, desire, opinions, etc
growing or developing unchecked
(postpositive)heraldry(of a beast) standing on the hind legs, the right foreleg raised above the left
(of an arch) having one abutment higher than the other
Derived forms of rampant
rampancy, nounrampantly, adverb
Word Origin for rampant
C14: from Old French ramper to crawl, rear; see ramp