mistreatment

English

Etymology

mistreat +‎ -ment

Noun

mistreatment (plural mistreatments)

Cruel, abusive , bad, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (only rarely of an object or a machine; usually: mishandle).
There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison.

Synonyms

maltreatment

Translations

improper treatment

German: Misshandlung (de) f, schlechte Behandlung f, Schinderei (de) f
Indonesian: penganiayaan (id)
Latin: contumēlia f
Maori: rurerurenga, tūkinonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mishandling m or f

Nynorsk: mishandling f
Portuguese: destrato (pt) m, judiação f
Serbo-Croatian: loše postupanje n, zlostavljanje (sh), maltretiranje

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