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noun 
  • a general physical disturbance; a crowd tussle or fight.
  • :She waded into the , elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.
  • :The clowns would dart into the crowd and pull another unsuspecting victim into the of the ring
    • a state of disorder; chaos
  • :The fighting dogs created in the flower beds.
  • :What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the of the 20th century ?
    • The crime of willfully maime, maiming or injure, injuring a person.
    1. (defn, English)
Etymology: Middle English maim, mayhem;:from Olde English maihem;::from Old French mahaigne, injury;:::from mahaignier, to maim;::::from Vulgar Latin mahanre.


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