Maltreating
Synonyms for "maltreating" (23 found)
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Strong matches (7)
Verb(7 words)
Related words (11)
Verb(11 words)
ill-useinhumaneinstitutionalmistreatmistreatmentmisusenominalizationoppressivesystemictake advantage ofverbal noun
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10 entriesabusedescriptive adjectiveharmful conductlinguistic morphologymaltreatmentmistreatmentnegative descriptorpejorative descriptorword formationwrongdoing
More specific
23 entriesagent nounbeatingchild maltreatingcoercive persuasioncrueltydemeaning languagedomestic maltreatingemotional abuseemotional maltreatingexploitationgerundinstitutional abuseinstitutional maltreatingneglectoppressive rhetoricparticipial noun
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Collocations
14 entriesdocument maltreatmentforms of maltreatingmaltreating actsmaltreating adultsmaltreating animalsmaltreating behaviormaltreating caregiversmaltreating childrenmaltreating policymaltreating practicesmaltreating supervisorrate of maltreatingserious maltreatmentsystematic maltreatment