Thesaurus / maltreatment
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He also buys wild animals kept as pets, such as a foulmouthed Tucumán Amazon parrot and a maltreated ocelot in critical condition.
IN ‘THE WHISPERING LAND,’ A BRITISH NATURALIST COLLECTS TRAVEL TALES — AND ANIMALS WITH TAILS — IN ARGENTINAANDREA SACHSFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO MALTREATMENT
- abuse
- abusiveness
- autocracy
- brutality
- calamity
- coercion
- compulsion
- conquering
- control
- cruelty
- despotism
- dictatorship
- domination
- fascism
- force
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- martial law
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- confiscation
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- gallows
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- just desserts
- lumps
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- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
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- rod
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- sanction
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- slave labor
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- trials
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- abuse
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- dirty deal
- discrimination
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- miscarriage
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- miscarriage
- mischief
- negligence
- offense
- onesidedness
- oppression
- outrage
- partiality
- partisanship
- prejudice
- railroad
- ruin
- sellout
- transgression
- trespass
- unfairness
- unlawfulness
- villainy
- violation
- wrong
- wrongdoing
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