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# mistreatment

«mistreatment» in Mova's school dictionary: **treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Mistreatment is treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for example hurting them, starving them or not caring for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about rights, safety and animals, mistreatment is something to report to a trusted adult or the RSPCA (UK) or similar groups. In news and history it describes cruelty to workers, prisoners or animals. Phrases: «mistreatment of animals», «suffer mistreatment», «report mistreatment».

### examples

- The farmer was fined for the mistreatment of his horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x1)
- Mistreatment of children is against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x2)
- The prisoners suffered terrible mistreatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x3)
- If you see mistreatment of an animal, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x4)
- The charity helps dogs rescued from mistreatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x5)
- Calling names every day is a kind of mistreatment too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: mistreat (mistreated). Prefix «mis-» means badly or wrongly (mislead, misbehave). Close words: abuse, cruelty, neglect (not caring), ill-treatment.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mistreatment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.