ILL-TREATMENT Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

ill-treatment

noun

as in mistreatment

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Recent Examples of ill-treatment Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families. — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 3 Jan. 2026 On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Zubaydah was waterboarded more than 80 times in a month at one point and confined over 11 days in a coffin-size box, among a raft of other mistreatment, a Senate report found.

— ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Investigators concluded that several deaths in custody involving people detained for political reasons were linked to inadequate medical attention and mistreatment.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of mistreatment

Noun

The program is linked to a 32% drop in infant maltreatment reports, which represents a massive prevention of child welfare involvement.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of maltreatment

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Argentine President Javier Milei, who in 2023 ran an outsider campaign against economic mismanagement, faces an uphill 2027 reelection bid as Argentines struggle with day-to-day economic challenges despite the country’s macroeconomic improvements.

— DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Mark Klukow, assistant chief of operations with the law enforcement agency, acknowledged the issues and conceded there was mismanagement in the past.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of mismanagement

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