- mistreatment
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mistreatment
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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 trɪËtmÉ™nt n. poor treatment, abuse, molestation … English contemporary dictionary
