- personal abuse
- personal exploitation; personal maltreatment
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
personal abuse
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Abuse — This article is about the mistreatment of people or systems. For other uses, see Abuse (disambiguation). Mistreat redirects here. For other uses, see Mistreat (disambiguation). Contents 1 Types and contexts of abuse 1.1 … Wikipedia
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