Word: maim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...police superintendent] very emphatically and very definitely that an order be issued by him immediately and under his signature to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand, because they're potential murderers, and to issue a police order to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city...
Sargent cited the substantial increase in bombings during the past year reported by the National Bomb Data Center, and stressed the need for the protection of the people of Massachusetts "against savage attacks by those who would maim and kill recklessly...
...been extended from six months to a year. Rabies is an even worse worry in Lima, Peru, which has as many dogs as it has people. Americans may soon face another problem. A new boom in "attack dogs" is creating protectors trained (for as much as $4,000) to maim or kill marauders, but there are already cases of robbers using their own dogs to subdue victims...