maltreatment

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ treatment.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːtmənt/

Noun

maltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)

Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

Translations

cruel or harmful treatment

Czech: týrání n
French: sévice (fr) m, maltraitement (fr) m
German: Misshandlung (de) f
Italian: maltrattamento (it) m
Japanese: 虐待 (ja) (gyakutai), 差別 (ja) (sabetsu), 冷遇 (reigū)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: mishandling m or f

Nynorsk: mishandling f
Spanish: maltrato (es) m, abuso (es) m
Swedish: vanvård (sv) c

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