| 单词 | mayhem |
| 释义 | mayhem /may"hem, may"euhm/, n. 1. Law. 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. 2. random or deliberate violence or damage. 3. a state of rowdy disorder: Antagonisms between the various factions at the meeting finally boiled over, and mayhem ensued. [1350-1400; ME maheym, maim < AF mahe(i)m, mahaim < Gmc; akin to MHG meidem gelding, ON meitha to injure. See MAIM] |
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