Answer to "Maltreatment" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABUSE , but the solution may also be ILLUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).

Maltreatment crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ABUSE	76 %	5
ILLUSE	18 %	6
ILLUSAGE	6 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maltreatment

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• ill-treatment
• ill-usage
• abuse
• mistreatment
• abusive
• abused
• ill-treat
• ill
• brutalisation
• violence
• cruelty
• bad

Crossword Answer definitions

ABUSE noun

1. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
2. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
3. A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
4. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
5. Catachresis.
6. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
7. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

ABUSE verb

1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
2. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
3. To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
4. To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
5. To violate; defile; to rape.
6. Misrepresent; adulterate.
7. To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
8. Disuse.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result ABUSE

• Badmouth
• Willful destruction
• Take for granted
• Maltreatment
• Bad treatment
• Treat harmfully
• Battery, e.g.
• Mistreatment
• Mistreat
• Treat scandalously

More clues leading to the result ILLUSE

• Unjust treatment
• Handle poorly
• Treat unjustly
• Mistreat
• Mistreatment
• Misappropriation
• Mishandling
• Treat like dirt
• Manage poorly
• Treat badly

More clues leading to the result ILLUSAGE

• Victimization
• Maltreatment
• Mistreatment
• Bad treatment