1
as in to abuse
to abuse physically
charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters
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as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities
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Recent Examples of manhandle
And if all else goes wrong, the crew can always step in and manhandle the robot back to its dock.
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2017
But much of the NL Central seems stagnant, the NL West has the Colorado Rockies to kick around, and the NL East can manhandle the Miami Marlins.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Arrested, we were manhandled and taken at frighteningly high speeds to a Polish police station.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2017
But much of the NL Central seems stagnant, the NL West has the Colorado Rockies to kick around, and the NL East can manhandle the Miami Marlins.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Arrested, we were manhandled and taken at frighteningly high speeds to a Polish police station.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manhandle
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Authorities subsequently found that the boy and Ruby's 10-year-old daughter had been seriously abused.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Franke, the father of the children abused by Hildebrandt and his ex-wife, has advocated for more oversight of life coaches since the two women were sent to prison.—
Jessica Schreifels,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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Once back, Jérémie can’t bear to leave, and Vincent, resentful of the intruder in his mother’s house, tries to bully him out.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl from Northern Kentucky took her own life after years of being bullied.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
19 Mar. 2025
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Paul then mauled Schulz, who was saved by AJ Styles.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Read Next Texas 91-year-old fatally mauled by her son’s dogs.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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But Lively did believe she had been harassed and mistreated on set, the filing claims, making the defamation accusation false.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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In a series of posts on X Monday (March 17), the star clapped back at critics of her new music before calling out the way Black women have historically been mistreated.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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The president’s ability to declassify information has been invoked when presidents have been accused of mishandling secrets.—
David Klepper,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Prosecutions under the Espionage Act for mishandling national defense information haven't been limited to classified information, Heidi Kitrosser, a Northwestern University law professor who focuses on government secrecy issues, told USA TODAY in an email.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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He was physically and mentally brutalized by a sociopathic father.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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Those who have been brutalized shall brutalize others in turn.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Dec. 2024
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This was a departure from Mourinho and Conte, who both moaned about investment, attacked the club culture, exited unceremoniously, and bad-mouthed them afterward.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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By the way, it was attacked from the Pentagon and from the White House as being fake news that this was going to happen and Elon Musk denounced the leak.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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One person was injured and transported to Shock Trauma, fire officials said.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Waymo doesn’t know whether the person riding the scooter was injured.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Manhandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhandle. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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