mistreatment

mistreat | American Dictionary

mistreat
verb[ T ]
us/mɪsˈtrit/
to treat a person or animal badly or cruelly:
The owners of the kennel were accused of mistreating the animals in their care.

mistreatment

noun[ U ]us/mɪsˈtrit·mənt/
The sad condition of the horses suggested a long period of mistreatment and neglect.

Examples of mistreat

mistreat
Second, he claimed that his wife had never been mistreated and had no cause to flee.
Both populations are acutely aware of how they have been grossly mistreated by the normal workings of their political system.
Two were siblings, mistreated as epilepsy for years without success.
A sense of peoplehood from whatever source, even simply the experience of being mistreated as a group, could engender nationalist aspirations.
In the final analysis, the story reinforces the notion that men often mistreat women and that women must get themselves out of such situations.
In most cases, however, the reason that one should not mistreat animals is for the sake of the animals themselves.
Vickers's wife had allegedly begged him not to send her husband there, as she feared he might be mistreated.
One-quarter (24%) of the respondents reported knowing an older person who had been neglected or mistreated, and four per cent were not sure.
Khullana did - not simply accuse her co-wife of having mistreated and dishonored her.
Corrupt officials who mistreated the people were consistently condemned.
Wellman correctly responds that the view that infants do not have rights does not imply that we have no moral reasons to refrain from mistreating them.
Williams argues that is it absurd to hold that infants do not have rights because this view implies that we have no moral reasons to refrain from mistreating infants.
Families will be afforded some assistance if their dottled relatives are being mistreated or exploited.
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