Synonyms of maltreatment

maltreatment

noun

as in mistreatment

Related Words

• mistreatment
• ill-treatment
• mismanagement
• mishandling
• ill-usage
• abuse
• destruction
• misuse
• wrecking
• spoiling
• damage
• misapplication
• mismanaging
• perversion
• desecration
• prostitution
• debasement
• misutilization
• corruption
• misusage
• profanation
• ruin
• misemployment

Dissimilar Words

• application
• employment
• use
• utilization

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of maltreatment

The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care. — Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Three other employees were charged with permitting child abuse and failure to report child maltreatment. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

According to Seary, there is also currently no funded pathway specifically designed for former athletes recovering from coach maltreatment nor duty of care beyond retirement, meaning survivors are left to self-fund their own recovery, from legal fees to therapy and healthcare. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Severe child maltreatment is not reducible to a single cause, and serious child welfare policy cannot be reduced to a single response. — Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

But during that time, the share of calls flagged as meeting the standard to investigate child maltreatment dropped from about one-third to one-quarter. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026

The pope also visited an orphanage for children taken off the streets after suffering abandonment or maltreatment from their parents. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

In January 2025, DCF staff responded to a report of maltreatment of Torres-García’s sister. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026

The law also banned the force-feeding of poultry, the improper castration of piglets, and the general maltreatment or neglect, broadly defined, of any animals at all. — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026