ill-treatment

noun

as in mistreatment

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Recent Examples of ill-treatment 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-treatment
  1. mistreatment
  2. maltreatment
  3. mismanagement
Noun
  • Racial profiling is the discriminatory mistreatment of racial, ethnic, or religious minorities by police officers and other law enforcement or security personnel.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Yes, violence and mistreatment of women should be called out and women and girls should be protected, but these decisions and statements are just pure, unadulterated corporate virtue signaling.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistreatment
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
  • Six months after Alec Bohm sued his parents, Daniel and Lisa Bohm, for alleged financial mismanagement, the parties settled the matter out of court.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Decades of corruption and mismanagement of the power sector have forced many businesses to use alternative sources, such as generators.
    — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of mismanagement

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“Ill-treatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-treatment. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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