sévices

Definitions of sévices
  1. noun
    the practice of treating (someone or something) badly
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    agacement, irritation
    the act of troubling or annoying someone
    inattention, négligence
    willful lack of care and attention
    exploitation, représailles
    an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
    harcèlement
    the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
    abus
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    fait de maltraiter des enfants
    the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children
    persécution
    the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
    cruauté
    a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
    agacement, exaspération, irritation
    actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
    taquin
    the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
    colonialisme
    exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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    habitude, pratique
    a customary way of operation or behavior
  2. noun
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    synonyms: abus
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    fait de maltraiter des enfants
    the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children
    persécution
    the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
    cruauté
    a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
    accablement
    the act of subjugating by cruelty
    pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
    martyre, supplice
    the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
    atrocité
    an act of atrocious cruelty
  3. noun
    the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
    synonyms: martyre, supplice, torture
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    the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
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