AMOK


Meaning of AMOK in English

a ‧ mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/ BrE AmE ( also amuck ) adverb

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Malay ]

run amok

a) to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way:

Drunken troops ran amok in the town.

b) to get out of control and cause a lot of problems:

an age in which global capitalism has run amok

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.