mayhem

Etymology
From, , from , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from. More at. The original meaning referred to the crime of maiming, the other senses derived from this.

Another possible etymology derives the Old French from Provençal, composed of and  (compare with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 and ), so literally "to obtain, receive something evil).

The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".

Noun

 * 1) A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
 * 2) Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
 * 3)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 4)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1) Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
 * 2)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 3)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1) Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
 * 2)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 3)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1) Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
 * 2)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 3)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 2)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
 * 2)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
 * 1)  The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.

Translations

 * Asturian: caos, baturiciu, alborotu
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:, , asoada, balbordo, reboldaina, trepe, fanteira, derrepó
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: aneatanga, kaumingomingo, kūnakunaku, tīrangorango
 * Polish:, , bezrząd
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Welsh: caos


 * Albanian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: სახიჩრობა
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: aneatanga
 * Polish: okaleczenie
 * Russian: нанесе́ние уве́чья


 * Albanian:
 * Catalan: mutilació
 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: mutilación criminal


 * Spanish:, , , , , , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To commit mayhem.