maltreatment

Words with a similar base: maltreatment

'maltreatment'

[maltreatment.n.01] as in: cruel or inhumane treatment

Examples:
the child showed signs of physical abuse

Origins

					maltreatment (English)
├── mal- (English)
│   └── mal- (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── treatment (English)
    ├── -ment (English)
    │   └── -amentum (Latin)
    └── treat (English)
        └── treter (Anglo-Norman)

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