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maltreatment
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maltreatment has 1 sense
- maltreatment(n = noun.act) abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage - cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" is a kind of mistreatment
has particulars: child abuse, child neglect, persecution, cruelty, inhuman treatment
Derived form verb maltreat1
CIDE DICTIONARY
maltreatment, n. [Cf. F. maltraitement.].
Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse. [1913 Webster]
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