Maiming p. pr. & vb. n. : of Maim

Example:
Will Republicans stoop any lower than Maiming themselves for McCain?

Taxonomy
ears, punishment, ritual mutilation, Benatar, cut off, Acts, free encyclopedia, Cruelty to Animals, victims, female circumcision, criminal offence, crimes, Denniston, cattle, punishable, claimant, nose, physical injury.

Defination from the web:
Maiming, or mutilation which involves the loss of, or incapacity to use, a bodily member, is and has been practised by many societies with ... Maiming of animals by others than their owners is a particular form of the offence generally grouped as malicious damage. ...