mistreatment

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ treatment

Noun

mistreatment (plural mistreatments)

Improper treatment, abuse.
The warranty was voided because the product experienced mistreatment during shipment, it hadn't been padded at all.

There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison.

Synonyms

maltreatment

Translations

improper treatment

German: Schinderei (de) f
Latin: contumēlia f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mishandling m or f

Nynorsk: mishandling f

Portuguese: destrato m, judiação f
Serbo-Croatian: loše postupanje n, zlostavljanje (sh), maltretiranje

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