Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wrong or unkind treatment; abuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Wrong treatment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Improper treatment ,abuse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the practice of treating (someone or something) badly
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Examples
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A very close relative of mine, a young lady, tired of what she called mistreatment by her husband, filed for divorce in a Tehran court recently and was granted, not only fully one-half of what the couple mutually owned, but also the formal custody of their two children.
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The issue of human trafficking and migrant mistreatment is an issue which many Malaysians feel strongly about.
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Humans as Commodities 2009
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Every time you turn the other cheek to mistreatment from a man, you are enabling him to do it again to someone else.
Global Voices in English » Morocco: Changing Nothing and Everything 2009
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TheAmerican Citizen Services Unit will visit American prisoners to asses reasonable treatment - within the norms of Mexican jails, and where mistreatment is believed to have occurred, file a Protest.
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TheAmerican Citizen Services Unit will visit American prisoners to asses reasonable treatment - within the norms of Mexican jails, and where mistreatment is believed to have occurred, file a Protest.
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This amounts to long-term mistreatment for information age skills.
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If, contrary to what he has been led to believe, this mistreatment is not forthcoming, he is apt to become psychologically softened for interrogation.
Balkinization 2006
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Access to counsel for the purpose of protecting the citizen from official mistakes and mistreatment is the hallmark of due process.
Balkinization 2004
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Access to counsel for the purpose of protecting the citizen from official mistakes and mistreatment is the hallmark of due process.
Balkinization 2004
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Access to counsel for the purpose of protecting the citizen from official mistakes and mistreatment is the hallmark of due process.
Balkinization 2004
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