manhandling

English

Verb

manhandling

1. present participle and gerund of manhandle

Noun

manhandling (plural manhandlings)

1. The act of one who manhandles; rough physical treatment.
   • 1986, Justice & Peace Review, volumes 1-7, page 13:

     The memory of harassments, threats and manhandlings, the fear brought by torture pricks painfully in his subconscious.