mistreatment

noun

as in maltreatment

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Recent Examples of mistreatment She has not been arrested, but does face animal mistreatment charges. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The notion is that children are both uniquely vulnerable to trafficking or other mistreatment and incapable of navigating their way through the byzantine immigration system without legal help. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 However, the bug hunter has been deliberately avoiding attempts to coordinate with Microsoft to patch the vulnerabilities, citing past mistreatment by the company. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Temporary contracts add to instability, McAlister wrote, and create a culture of silence around employee mistreatment and toxic hierarchies. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The mistreatment of Djokovic cost him millions of dollars and potentially a major or two. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Goode charts the exploitation and mistreatment of reptiles that are illegally sold and sometimes endangered through intricate, decades-old smuggling operations that have often, but not always, escaped detection at airports. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Redzepi, arguably the world’s top chef, had for years been dogged by reports of mistreatment of his staff, as well as his yearslong use of unpaid interns to staff the pricey restaurant. — James Brooks, Fortune, 30 July 2026 The law ensures unaccompanied children have legal counsel to represent them in legal proceedings and to protect them from mistreatment, exploitation and trafficking. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistreatment
  1. maltreatment
  2. ill-treatment
  3. mismanagement
  4. mishandling
Noun
  • The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care.
    — Miami Herald, 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
Definition of maltreatment
Noun
  • 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
Definition of ill-treatment
Noun
  • While the department attributes the opacity around its procurement and distribution of its massive, $1 trillion budget to the sheer size of the agency and its responsibilities, the GAO has found evidence instead of pervasive money mismanagement.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Article 158 concerns criminal mismanagement, sometimes described as breach of trust or disloyalty.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of mismanagement
Noun
  • Welch has described his mishandling of this matter as a systemic failure.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Hur, following his investigation into Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, released a lengthy report in February 2024 that concluded no criminal charges were warranted against Biden.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of mishandling

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“Mistreatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreatment. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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