maltreatment

Definitions

1. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment
2. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
   countable, uncountable
3. To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. See Synonyms at abuse.
4. Physically harmful treatment:abuse, ill-treatment, mishandling, mistreatment, misusage.
5. n → schlechte Behandlung; (violent) → Misshandlung f
   n

Equivalents

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