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mishandle

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peculate collapse

misguide collapse

misappropriate collapse

misdirect collapse: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

mismanage collapse: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

manhandle collapse: handle roughly; "I was manhandled by the police"

knock about collapse

misapply collapse: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

ill-use collapse

maltreat collapse

misrule collapse

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

befoul collapse

fumble collapse: (sports) dropping the ball; drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"; handle clumsily; make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

roughhouse collapse: engage in rough or disorderly play

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

misconduct collapse: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

pollute collapse: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

molest collapse: harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

maul collapse: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges; injure badly by beating; split (wood) with a maul and wedges

botch collapse: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

profane collapse: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

injure collapse: cause injuries or bodily harm to

debase collapse: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

pervert collapse: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

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