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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of manhandle.

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Examples

  • Game Over II compilation in 2001 and after it was released, Tone said that the label manhandled the original song resulting to this song.

    Waxy.org Links 2008

  • At the sub Desmond is being manhandled, which is witnessed by Sayid.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • In 2007, Vietnamese police barred the wives or mothers of five dissidents from attending a tea with then Ambassador Michael Marine and Rep. Loretta Sanchez; two were "manhandled," in Ms. Sanchez's words, outside the ambassador's residence.

    Vietnam Plays Rough 2011

  • Jon Taylor, the man at the center of the controversy, said he was "manhandled" by police from Louisa, Va.

    Democrat Pushed To The Ground, Arrested By Local Police At Eric Cantor Public Event (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • USA Taekwondo hurried to file a protest, even though Perez said he and others had been "manhandled" at a meeting in June in Korea to sign a document pledging they would not file protests here.

    USA's Steven Lopez adds bronze to family's medal haul 2008

  • The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) however claims that Mudzuri was "manhandled" by police.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) however claims that Mudzuri was "manhandled" by police.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • If that were the circumstances -- I don't know what "manhandled" means -- I do, but you have the right to control the scene.

    CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2002 2002

  • Mayitjha claimed Mnisi had "manhandled" Mpumalanga premier

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Quickly she told him the story of the day when Joel Mazarine had almost surprised her in Orlando's room; how Li Choo had saved the situation by falling down the staircase with the priceless porcelain, and how Mazarine had kicked him -- "manhandled" him, as they say in the West.

    Wild Youth, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

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