child abuse

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] the crime of harming a child in a physical, sexual or emotional way: victims of child abuse

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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child abuseEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus child abuseEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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child abuse