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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amok /əˈmɒk/ (also amuck)

▶adverb (in phr. run amok) behave uncontrollably and disruptively.

– origin C17: via Port. amouco, from Malay amok ‘rushing in a frenzy’.

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