Can a Person Be Mutilated?

Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is cutting off or causing injury to a body part of a person so that the part of the body is permanently damaged, detached or disfigured.

What does it mean for a body to be mutilated?

1 : an act or instance of destroying, removing, or severely damaging a limb or other body part of a person or animal the mutilation of a body They were men who had been sexually damaged by disease, accident, or deliberate mutilation.—

What are the two kinds of mutilation?

PIP: The two major types of female genital mutilation include clitoridectomy and excision with infibulation.