maim
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The court’s action imperils the CPSC’s ability to ban products that may maim or kill consumers, including children, giving corporations freer rein to flood the market with dangerous goods.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
But doctors warn that such “button batteries” can maim and kill.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024
Only the owner of a carrier or racing pigeon can injure, kill, maim, trap or detain their bird.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
"Even if they're fed and sterilized, cats retain their instinct to hunt. They are not native wildlife—they are an invasive species. They terrorize, maim, and kill animals who don't stand a chance against them."
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2022
In 1722 came the Black Act which made it felony without benefit of clergy to “unlawfully or maliciously kill, maim, or wound any cattle.”
From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott
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