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Definition of: mayhem
(mā′hem) noun
1. Law The offense of depriving a person by violence of any limb, member, or organ, or causing any mutilation of the body. Also spelled maihem.
2. Egregious disorder or damage. [<OF mehaing, mahaigne. Related to MAIM.]
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