Usually means: Abusive or neglectful treatment; harmful.
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  1. maltreatment: Merriam-Webster
  2. maltreatment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. maltreatment: Collins English Dictionary
  4. maltreatment: Vocabulary.com
  5. Maltreatment, maltreatment: Wordnik
  6. maltreatment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. maltreatment: Wiktionary
  8. maltreatment: Dictionary.com
  9. maltreatment: Rhymezone
  10. maltreatment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. maltreatment: FreeDictionary.org
  12. maltreatment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. maltreatment: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. maltreatment: Legal dictionary
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Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  2. maltreatment: Medical dictionary

(Note: See maltreat as well.)

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noun:  Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

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