Mayhem

Word of the Day - Mayhem

may·hem
[mey-hem, mey-uh’m]

noun
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.