misshandla

Swedish

Etymology

miss- + handla, from Old Swedish misshandla, cognate with Middle Low German mishandelen, German misshandeln, originally in the now obsolete sense to do wrong, but since 1805 in the sense of physical abuse of other people.

Verb

misshandla (present misshandlar, preterite misshandlade, supine misshandlat, imperative misshandla)

  1. to (deliberately) cause bodily harm to (someone); to beat up, to batter, to assault, to abuse, etc.
  2. (by extension) to abuse, to damage (something non-living (more or less inadvertently))

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