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Recent Examples of maltreatment
No one involved in this study claims that cash assistance is the only or even the best solution for child maltreatment.
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Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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, 8 Sep. 2025
Of this group, more than half – 56% – had talked about their maltreatment on social media.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, it's often viewed as less harmful than other forms of maltreatment.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
Reserve soldiers, civilians, and even a far-right parliamentarian attacked the military police inside the base, incensed that military personnel were detained for their maltreatment of a Palestinian prisoner.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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, 8 Sep. 2025
Of this group, more than half – 56% – had talked about their maltreatment on social media.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, it's often viewed as less harmful than other forms of maltreatment.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
Reserve soldiers, civilians, and even a far-right parliamentarian attacked the military police inside the base, incensed that military personnel were detained for their maltreatment of a Palestinian prisoner.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maltreatment
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Koko Miller, 57, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide, maintaining a dangerous dog and two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment in connection with the December 2023 attack that left 6-year-old Loyalty Scott dead, prosecutors said, per Oregon Live, KPTV and KGW-TV.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Those choosing the first option (agreement) will find that what follows is not respect, but mistreatment; those choosing the second (returning fire) are merely providing confirmation of what your hosts already believe — as well as fresh material for their next round of insults.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
Cite this Entry
“Maltreatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maltreatment. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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