maltreatment

🇺🇸 /ˌmælˈtriːtmənt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌmælˈtriːtmənt/
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noun
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unjust or abusive treatment

The children were shocked by the maltreatment of the animals at the circus.

translation

n. unjust or abusive treatment

Word Forms

Plural maltreatments