I. a‧mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/ (
also amuck)
adverb[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Malay]
run amok a) to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way:
Drunken troops ran amok in the town. b) to get out of control and cause a lot of problems:
an age in which global capitalism has run amok [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲