Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of maltreating, or the condition of being maltreated; ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.

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  • noun Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun cruel or inhumane treatment

Etymologies

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From mal- +‎ treatment.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Brownsville Herald : By JAZMINE ULLOA 2010

  • 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.

    Brownsville Herald : By JAZMINE ULLOA 2010

  • 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.

    Brownsville Herald : By JAZMINE ULLOA 2010

  • 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.

    Brownsville Herald : By JAZMINE ULLOA 2010

  • A three-year fellowship in child maltreatment is included among Safe Place's many endeavors.

    Child Abuse and Neglect Fellowship 2010

  • "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.

    Palin's tale of two worlds 2009

  • Justice makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners by US forces a crime.

    Anthony Lewis: The Torture Administration 2008

  • It makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners a crime.

    Balkinization 2005

  • It makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners a crime.

    Balkinization 2005

  • It makes cruelty, oppression or "maltreatment" of prisoners a crime.

    Balkinization 2005

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  • "We are implicitly invited to look for the bruises and scabs beneath the chocolate, because that is another detail that has been divulged in huge headlines normally reserved for war reporting or political scandal: Baby P’s mother melted chocolate biscuits and smeared them on her child’s face to hide signs of maltreatment."

    - Brendan O’Neill, 'Dead baby porn', spiked-online.com, 18 Nov 2008.

    November 19, 2008