mistreatment

mistreatment
noun see mistreat

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Mistreatment — Mis*treat ment, n. Wrong treatment. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mistreatment — index abuse (physical misuse), disservice, misuse, molestation, oppression, violation, wrong Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Bu …   Law dictionary

  • mistreatment — (n.) 1716, from MISTREAT (Cf. mistreat) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • mistreatment — [[t]mɪstri͟ːtmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Mistreatment of a person or animal is cruel behaviour towards them, especially by making them suffer physically. ...issues like police brutality and mistreatment of people in prisons. Syn: maltreatment …   English dictionary

  • mistreatment — noun Improper treatment, abuse. The warranty was voided because the product experienced mistreatment during shipment, it hadnt been padded at all. Syn: maltreatment …   Wiktionary

  • mistreatment — mistreat ► VERB ▪ treat badly or unfairly. DERIVATIVES mistreatment noun …   English terms dictionary

  • mistreatment — noun the practice of treating (someone or something) badly he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother • Derivationally related forms: ↑mistreat • Hypernyms: ↑practice, ↑pattern • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mistreatment — See mistreat. * * * …   Universalium

  • mistreatment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. injury, harm, violation; see abuse 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. abuse, maltreatment, disrespect, cruelty, brutality, torment, torture, manhandling, rough treatment. ANT.: coddling, kindness III (Roget s Thesaurus… …   English dictionary for students

  • mistreatment — mɪs trɪːtmÉ™nt n. poor treatment, abuse, molestation …   English contemporary dictionary

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