inhuman treatment

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inhuman treatment - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and sufferingcrueltyabuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment - cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse"impalement - the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or tortureatrocity, inhumanity - an act of atrocious cruelty