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• v  treat badly
• a  subjected to cruel treatment

• The results show that a staggering 1,858 parents had maltreated their children during that period boys and girls in equal numbers, with an average age of 6.
• Those with low-active genes were much more antisocial if maltreated, yet--if anything--slightly less antisocial if not maltreated.
• In a glass case they saw something looking like a maltreated strip of buckskin shoelace or a shriveled eel.

• mistreat
• maltreat
• abuse
• ill-use
• step
• ill-treat
• abused
• ill-treated
• mistreated

• unabused

News & Articles

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• Childhood Physical Abuse Linked to Thyroid Disorders in Women
  Women who were victims of childhood physical abuse are more likely to develop thyroid conditions than women who were not maltreated during childhood, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Hawaii. The study appears online in this week's Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.
  July 29, 2013 - Newswise

Quotes

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• Jimmy Carter in AFP
  During this visit, I will also personally verify and follow-up on reports regarding a number of distressed OFWs in the UAE, some of whom are reportedly maltreated and not properly paid by their employers, while some others are said to have problems... Jinggoy Estrada http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinggoy_Estrada&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHumwre5RlIUTmR_Wjph76-0Qb_IA ABS CBN News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx%3FStoryId%3D124133&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE5P2bul8kKVfCy9T3qsspS5XOxWA Jul 4, 2008 60828 81250 maltreatment To me, the most grievous circumstance is the maltreatment of the people in Gaza, who are literally starving and have no hope at this time," Carter told the liberal Haaretz newspaper. "They're being treated like savages. The alleviation of...