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maltreatment

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maltreatment
noun
the maltreatment and execution of prisoners:
ill treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill use, ill usage, misuse, bad treatment;
rough handling, beating, mishandling, manhandling, mauling;
bullying, torture, injury, harm, persecution, molestation.
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