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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the practice of treating (someone or something) badly;
- Example: "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mistreatment \Mis*treat"ment\, n. Wrong treatment. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mistreatment n 1: the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"