How to Use "maltreatment" with Example Sentences

1. The alleged offenses also included maltreatment , assault and threats .

2. These results suggest that programs to strengthen families and prevent maltreatment should be expanded during economic downturns .

3. Two sergeants were imprisoned for six months and three months , respectively , on charges of cruelty and maltreatment .

4. Chinese legal experts are drawing up proposals for the country 's first animal welfare law , which could criminalise the brutal culling of dogs and other forms of pet maltreatment .

5. Its first elected mayor , a popular local sportsman , stood down in 2009 following criticism of local social services for failing to stop the maltreatment and murder of a child .