"amok" is a word correctly used in English, both in writing and speaking.
It is an adjective that means "in a state of rage, violent and uncontrolled". For example: "John went amok when he found out his car was stolen."
If the slapstick defending to which they bore witness continues, a certain Merseyside-based Uruguayan could well run amok.
However, the sudden, intense focus on a practice that very few people follow in Britain – and the lack of clarity on who is doing it, where and why – has allowed negative stereotypes to run amok.
It was conceivable that the world would end not in deliberate, calculated aggression, but in stupidity, mistakes, and men and machines run amok.
Saints' impressive season had looked to be petering out only for it to set alight as they ran amok against the FA Cup finalists.
Much of the budget accommodation in Kampot is on Guesthouse Street, where you'll find Pepper Guesthouse offering possibly the finest fish amok in town.
Let deforestation and other warming agents run amok, however, while also aiming for better odds of staying below 2C, and we might have as little as 300 GT left for fossil fuels – which would be closer to a 10th of proven reserves.
And he should encourage economic and political reform in the Gulf and Egypt, which cling to a moribund "stability" for fear that change will run amok.
These were terrible times: the Arrow Cross ran amok through the besieged city, shooting Jews, men, women and children.
The dangers of letting him run amok go far wider than the Gulf.
That almost 40,000 hate crimes were reported in 2010 strikes many conservatives (and police officers) as proof of political correctness run amok rather than national wickedness.Yet something simpler and bigger has changed.
Oil rigs and pipelines may be the least of the whales' worries.That is no reason to let oil firms run amok off Sakhalin, of course, particularly those that are not fully engaging with the scientists.
