MANHANDLE Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

manhandle

verb

ˈman-ˌhan-dᵊl

Definition of manhandle

as in to abuse

to abuse physically charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters

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as in to bully

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities

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Recent Examples of manhandle Being manhandled at home by a team with the sport’s sixth-lowest payroll is a negative. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Hours later, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, announced the suspension of Acosta’s press pass, and, for good measure, falsely accused him of manhandling the aide who wanted the mike back. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 He was brought to the prison infirmary, where numerous guards surrounded, punched, kicked, choked, dropped and manhandled him. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 Accurso manhandles the omelet, layering the salad on top before folding it in half. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manhandle

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Lawyers are officers of the court, bound by ethical obligations to pursue claims in good faith and not abuse the legal process for improper purposes.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Security experts have long warned that AI voice and face cloning could be easily abused to enhance impersonation scams.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of abuse

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Pressure from students over grades was reported more frequently than bullying from colleagues.

— Jason Walker, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
Police said the father, Thomas Frimprong, 60, has told NYPD detectives two fellow students had recently been suspended for bullying his son.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of bully

Verb

In October 2024, a group of lions mauled a zookeeper to death in Crimea after a door inside their enclosure was left unlocked.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
In the top of the fifth of Monday night’s Game 3, the Brewers mauled the Tampa Bay Rays with eight two-out runs on seven consecutive hits.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of maul

Verb

For the first half of the episode, our pals at Price, Siffre & Associates are helping an East Coast firm with a class action lawsuit against WorkSource, an AI training company that has been skirting labor laws and mistreating their contractors.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
Some federal judges have been accused of mistreating their clerks.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of mistreat

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Among the division's most high-profile cases under his watch was the prosecution of former national security adviser John Bolton, who pleaded guilty this year to allegations of mishandling classified information and is awaiting sentencing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
Among the division’s most high-profile cases under his watch was the prosecution of former national security adviser John Bolton, who pleaded guilty this year to allegations of mishandling classified information and is awaiting sentencing.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of mishandle

Verb

And has unleashed billions of taxpayer dollars to brutalize and kill American citizens, like Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
BSisters have rendered it here in cozy pastel fabrics and gauzy spilled cotton, materials that speak to how women activists in Iran have been brutalized and consumed by the fundamentalist regime there.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of brutalize

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Hawley said the majority of conflicts between humans and coyotes occurs when a pet owner tries to save their pet from an attacking coyote.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Running as the populist candidate, Brown has repeatedly attacked Husted as the face of data centers in the state and pushed to take on Silicon Valley if elected to office again.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

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