as in mistreatment
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Noun
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But now the American Enterprise Institute enters the fray, ignoring the evidence that mistreatment is often rooted in the lack of housing, food and other basic resources.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Former detainees and international rights groups accuse him of personally participating in or directing harsh interrogation practices, including physical and psychological mistreatment.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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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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No one involved in this study claims that cash assistance is the only or even the best solution for child maltreatment.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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In the antebellum years and during Reconstruction, conjure women told mermaid stories that empowered women and girls, where the mermaids’ struggles for freedom mirrored their own experiences of domestic abuse or reproductive maltreatment during slavery.—
Time,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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Altadena awaits the official cause of the Eaton fire, but survivors and plaintiff attorneys in hundreds of lawsuits point to the public utility Southern California Edison as being at fault for its equipment and mismanagement sparking the blaze in the foothills above the town.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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More than a century of overfishing, industrialization, and hatchery mismanagement has brought several populations of salmon and their close relative the steelhead to critically low levels in the Pacific Northwest.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ill-usage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-usage. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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