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maltreatment

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noun
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As a noun, maltreatment means cruel or harmful treatment or abuse.

Meanings of maltreatment

1 meaning

noun

  1. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: cruel or inhumane treatment
ill-treatmentill-usageabuse

Words that rhyme with maltreatment

treatmentmistreatment

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