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UK
/mɪstɹˈiːtmənt/
]
[ US /mɪˈstɹitmənt/ ]
[ US /mɪˈstɹitmənt/ ]
NOUN
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the practice of treating (someone or something) badly
he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother
How To Use mistreatment In A Sentence
- Many young soldiers desert or go Awol after mistreatment and bullying by their superiors or colleagues.
- British forces are not accused of direct involvement in the alleged mistreatment. Times, Sunday Times
- It was the terms of those visas which made them particularly vulnerable to the mistreatment which they suffered. Times, Sunday Times
- BBC News with Mary Small. The United States Attorney General Eric Holder has picked a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged CIA mistreatment of terror suspects.
- No one blamed the father, the king, the president for mistreatment by his minions. The Tribes Triumphant
- Connolly will be on Friday's edition of ABC News '"20/20" as part of a story on the mistreatment by some East African nations of people with albinism, meaning that they lack pigment in their hair, eyes and skin. Connolly featured in 20/20 report on albinism
- His compilation is the first to cite a comprehensive list of specific war crimes in four categories — illegality of the decision to go to war, misconduct during war, mistreatment of prisoners of war, and misgovernment in the American occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Matthew Yglesias » The Embrace
- It would end the appalling mistreatment of women in this region no more honor murders or clitoridectomies. The Volokh Conspiracy » Applying the Precautionary Principle Consistently
- Those who managed to survive times of war were subjected to cruel mistreatment in mines. Christianity Today
- Terrible crimes have gone unpunished; and the victims bear wounds of neglect as well as of mistreatment. Times, Sunday Times