4
abuse(noun, violence, cruelty, hurting, mistreatment)
3
maltreatment(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
3
mauling
2
abusing
2
handling
2
harm(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
2
mishandling
2
mistreating
2
mistreatment(noun, violence, cruelty)
1
battering
1
brutalizing
1
cruelty(noun, violence, mistreatment)
1
damage(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
1
exploitation(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
1
ill-treating
1
ill-treatment(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
1
injury(noun, violence, cruelty, mistreatment)
1
maltreating
1
misuse
1
punishing
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