maltrattamento

Definitions of maltrattamento
  1. noun
    cruel or inhumane treatment
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    persecuzione
    the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
    atrocità, crudeltà, efferatezza, infamia, malvagità
    a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
    oppressione, vessazione
    the act of subjugating by cruelty
    martirio, sevizia, supplizio, tortura
    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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