ill-usage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ill-usage
    n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of
         physical abuse" [syn: {maltreatment}, {ill-treatment},
         {ill-usage}, {abuse}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ill-usage \ill-usage\ n.
   1. cruel or inhumane treatment.

   Syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, abuse.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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