maltreatment
IPA: mæɫtrˈitmʌnt
noun
- Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
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Examples of "maltreatment" in Sentences
- It makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners a crime.
- Justice makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners by US forces a crime.
- A three-year fellowship in child maltreatment is included among Safe Place's many endeavors.
- "Going Rogue" opens with an inspiring, up-from-the-bootstraps personal tale, but she spends much of the book complaining about maltreatment from a few McCain campaign staffers.
- But Carty, who has long been outspoken about what he describes as maltreatment within the country's immigration detention system, had been planning to meet for a second time with representatives from Amnesty International.
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