N-UNCOUNT 紛亂;混亂;騷亂 You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way. 紛亂;混亂;騷亂
Their arrival caused mayhem as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.
他們到達後大批難民一擁而上,引起一片混亂。
...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now.