maltreaters
Those who harm
Maltreaters are people who treat others cruelly or abusively.
The word appears in contexts involving harm to children, animals, or other vulnerable beings: The maltreaters of these animals should face prosecution.
Like many agent nouns ending in -er, it's more common in formal or legal contexts than in everyday speech.
Those who harm others
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
- bulliesThose who intimidate others
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
- assailantsPeople who attack others
offenders · violators · exploiters · oppressors · aggressors · tyrants · sadists · wrongdoers
Physical or psychological harm
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- damageHarm or impairment
- hurtCause or feel pain
- woundCoiled, or an injury
suffering · distress · anguish · torment · agony · pain · bruise · scar
Those still alive after
- sufferersPeople experiencing pain
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- preyAnimal being hunted
- vulnerableOpen to attack
helpless · abused · neglected · exploited · traumatized · wounded · scarred · silenced
Pursuing legal charges
- justiceFair treatment under law
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
incarceration · restraining · reporting · investigation · testimony · evidence · charges · trial
Savagely harsh or severe
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
heartless · pitiless · ruthless · vicious · malevolent · spiteful · tyrannical · cold-blooded
abusers
Those who harm others
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
- bulliesThose who intimidate others
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
assailants · offenders · violators · exploiters · oppressors · aggressors · tyrants · sadists · wrongdoers · criminals
injury
Physical or psychological harm
wound · suffering · distress · anguish · torment · agony · pain · bruise · scar · affliction
survivors
Those still alive after
vulnerable · helpless · abused · neglected · exploited · traumatized · wounded · scarred · silenced · abandoned
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- justiceFair treatment under law
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
punishment · incarceration · restraining · reporting · investigation · testimony · evidence · charges · trial · verdict
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
sadistic · heartless · pitiless · ruthless · vicious · malevolent · spiteful · tyrannical · cold-blooded · barbaric
maltreaterscaretakers
Those who maintain property
nurturers · protectors · caregivers · guardians · benefactors