child abuse
mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian, including neglect, beating, and sexual molestation.
Origin of child abuse
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How to use child abuse in a sentence
It needs to be said: bigotry in the name of religion is still bigotry; child abuse wrapped in a Bible verse is still child abuse.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are 17 states with laws that consider drug abuse during pregnancy a form of child abuse.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSouth Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNor could they find 114 files related to another investigation of child abuse between 1979 and 1999.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLarry Smith, an Iraq war veteran running for a congressional seat in Texas thinks President Obama should be sued for child abuse.
Republican Thinks Obama’s Mental Illness Caused Border Crisis | Gideon Resnick | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sometimes the specialists are imposed when society perceives a need to intervene, especially in cases of suspected child abuse.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for child abuse
physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare: See also nonaccidental injury
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