maltreated

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They have described using such tools as a moral imperative, insisting that child welfare officials should draw from all data at their disposal to make sure children aren’t maltreated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023

No matter what, indigenous women have to deal with the fact that our stories occasionally will be maltreated even after we reach assemblages of success.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018

Because of that, a pediatrician might encourage preventative psychotherapy or, more draconically, perhaps child services will check in to ensure he’s not being maltreated.

From Slate • May 23, 2018

Anand has previously always denied that his client was being maltreated in prison.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2013

And he, who had raised his master's daughter from the dead, did not disdain to work miracles of healing and of life on maltreated horses.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee