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Recent Examples of maltreatment
Prevent Child Abuse America, Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and the National Family Support Network are other voices in the conversation examining how social conditions correlate to child maltreatment.
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
But during that time, the share of calls flagged as meeting the standard to investigate child maltreatment dropped from about one-third to one-quarter.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
The pope also visited an orphanage for children taken off the streets after suffering abandonment or maltreatment from their parents.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Over a seven-year period, DCF received 117 hotline reports of maltreatment at 12 Miami-Dade ALFs frequently chosen as homes for vulnerable adults.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
In January 2025, DCF staff responded to a report of maltreatment of Torres-García’s sister.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The law also banned the force-feeding of poultry, the improper castration of piglets, and the general maltreatment or neglect, broadly defined, of any animals at all.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
And even when Child Protective Services responds to allegations of child maltreatment, teachers seldom can intervene in such situations.
—Bruce Plopper, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
In the antebellum years and during Reconstruction, conjure women told mermaid stories that empowered women and girls, where the mermaids’ struggles for freedom mirrored their own experiences of domestic abuse or reproductive maltreatment during slavery.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
But during that time, the share of calls flagged as meeting the standard to investigate child maltreatment dropped from about one-third to one-quarter.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
The pope also visited an orphanage for children taken off the streets after suffering abandonment or maltreatment from their parents.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Over a seven-year period, DCF received 117 hotline reports of maltreatment at 12 Miami-Dade ALFs frequently chosen as homes for vulnerable adults.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
In January 2025, DCF staff responded to a report of maltreatment of Torres-García’s sister.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The law also banned the force-feeding of poultry, the improper castration of piglets, and the general maltreatment or neglect, broadly defined, of any animals at all.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
And even when Child Protective Services responds to allegations of child maltreatment, teachers seldom can intervene in such situations.
—Bruce Plopper, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
In the antebellum years and during Reconstruction, conjure women told mermaid stories that empowered women and girls, where the mermaids’ struggles for freedom mirrored their own experiences of domestic abuse or reproductive maltreatment during slavery.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maltreatment
Noun
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Ridglan Farms agreed in October to give up its state breeding license as of July 1 as part of a deal to avoid prosecution on felony animal mistreatment charges.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to the court documents, Vasquez reported the mistreatment after Thanksgiving 2024, and in response, the harassment escalated.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
3 Jan. 2026
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On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Maltreatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maltreatment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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