"maltreatment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /malˈtɹiːtmənt/ [UK] Forms: maltreatments [plural]
Etymology: From maltreat + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|maltreat|ment}} maltreat + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)
  1. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cruel or harmful treatment): малтретиране (maltretirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), týrání [neuter] (Czech), sévice [masculine] (French), maltraitement [masculine] (French), Misshandlung [feminine] (German), maltrattamento [masculine] (Italian), 虐待 (gyakutai) (Japanese), 差別 (sabetsu) (Japanese), 冷遇 (reigū) (Japanese), contumēlia [feminine] (Latin), tūkinonga (Maori), rurerurenga (Maori), mishandling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mishandling [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), maltrato [masculine] (Spanish), abuso [masculine] (Spanish), vanvård [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-maltreatment-en-noun-H85mTNWC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment

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