misshandel

Etymology
Noun form of, cognate with Middle High German Missehandel, and German , originally in the now obsolete sense of wrongdoing, misdeed, but since 1840 in the sense of physical abuse of people.

Noun

 * 1) (an act of) deliberately causing bodily harm to someone (who has a limited ability or will to resist); beating someone up, physical abuse, assault, etc.
 * 2)  battery
 * 3)  abuse (causing harm to someone more generally, for example through psychological or sexual abuse, or to an object, whether intentional or not)
 * 1)  abuse (causing harm to someone more generally, for example through psychological or sexual abuse, or to an object, whether intentional or not)