Definitions For Maltreatment

noun

  • Cruel or inhumane treatment

verb

  • To treat (someone) in a rough or cruel way

Is Maltreatment a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Maltreatment is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Maltreatment in a Sentence

  • Emotionally maltreated and neglected for years by her husband, she had long ago resigned herself to a loveless marriage
  • If you maltreat the puppy, we will take it away immediately

Synonyms for Maltreatment

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