Mayhem

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1) the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming. the serious nature of the injury makes mayhem a felony, which is called “aggravated assault” in most states. 2) to commit mayhem is to cause gross harm in an uncontrolled fashion.

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