"mistreatment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mistreatments [plural]
Etymology: From mistreat + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mistreat|ment}} mistreat + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} mistreatment (plural mistreatments)
  1. Cruel, abusive , bad, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (only rarely of an object or a machine; usually: mishandle). Synonyms: maltreatment Translations (improper treatment): mishandeling [feminine] (Dutch), Misshandlung [feminine] (German), schlechte Behandlung [feminine] (German), Schinderei [feminine] (German), penganiayaan (Indonesian), contumēlia [feminine] (Latin), rurerurenga (Maori), tūkinonga (Maori), mishandling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mishandling [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), destrato [masculine] (Portuguese), judiação [feminine] (Portuguese), loše postupanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zlostavljanje (Serbo-Croatian), maltretiranje (Serbo-Croatian)

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