mistreatment

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mistreatment
n. poor treatment, abuse, molestation

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Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; crimes, or other types of aggression.

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mistreatment

Noun
1. the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"
(hypernym) practice, pattern
(hyponym) annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation
(derivation) mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat


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mistreatment
n. týrání

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mistreatment
Rzecz. złe obchodzenie się; maltretowanie