mishandle

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mis=han=dle

CIDE DICTIONARY

mishandle, v. t. 

 To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mishandle, v.tr.
1 deal with incorrectly or ineffectively.
2 handle (a person or thing) roughly or rudely; ill-treat.

THESAURUS

mishandle

abuse, batter, be negligent, beat up, befoul, botch, bruise, brutalize, buffet, bugger up, bungle, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, destroy, divert, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, embezzle, foul, fuck up, harm, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, knock about, knock around, maladminister, maltreat, mangle, manhandle, maul, mess up, misadminister, misapply, misappropriate, misconduct, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, misguide, mismanage, misrule, mistreat, misuse, molest, muddle, muff, outrage, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, rough, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, savage, screw up, violate, wreck