To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged. Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians. to wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently (maynier)
To cripple or mutilate in any way; to injure a person in a way that deprives him or her of the use of any limb or other part of his or her body; to seriously wound, disfigure, or disable (See also mayhem )
To cripple or mutilate in any way, to inflict upon a person any injury which deprives him of the use of any limb or member of his body; to seriously wound, disfigure, or disable (see Mayhem)