Maltreatment

/malˈtɹit.mɛnt/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    cruel or inhumane treatment wordnet

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abuseacts of crueltyatrocitybrutalizingdisfavourdisservice

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"Korean mental hospitals have been compared to concentration camps. Patients are said to be treated like animals who are subjected to violence and maltreatment rather than therapy."

Etymology

By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.

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