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Webster 1913 Edition

maltreatment

mal-treat′ment

,

Noun.

;

[Cf. F.

maltraitement

.]

Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.

Syn. – ill-treatment.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maltreatment

MALTRE'ATMENT

,

Noun.

Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.