n. & v.
--n. a person who is permanently lame.
--v.tr.
1. make a cripple of; lame.
2 disable, impair.
3 weaken or damage (an institution, enterprise, etc.) seriously (crippled by the loss of funding).
Derivatives:
crippledom n. cripplehood n. crippler n.
Etymology: OE crypel, rel. to CREEP