Mistreatment of a person or animal is cruel behaviour towards them, especially by making them suffer physically.
...issues like police brutality and ~ of people in prisons.
= maltreatment
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Mistreatment of a person or animal is cruel behaviour towards them, especially by making them suffer physically.
...issues like police brutality and ~ of people in prisons.
= maltreatment
N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012