manhandle
Verb: 1. To handle or move someone or something in a rough, forceful, or violent way. This typically implies using physical strength, often without care or consent, and can involve pushing, pulling, or dragging.
The verb "manhandle" is used to describe the action of treating a person or object with excessive physical force. It is transitive and requires a direct object (e.g., manhandle someone/something). It often carries a negative connotation, suggesting improper, aggressive, or abusive treatment.
- The security guards were accused of manhandling the protester.
- We had to manhandle the heavy sofa up the narrow staircase.
- It's a fragile antique; please don't manhandle it.
- Passive Voice: Frequently used in the passive voice to emphasize the experience of the person or thing being treated roughly.
- The passengers complained of being manhandled by the airline staff during the evacuation.
- Figurative Use: While primarily physical, it can be used figuratively to describe treating an abstract concept (like data, a system, or a process) with clumsy, forceful, or insensitive methods.
- The new manager manhandled the delicate negotiations, causing the deal to fall apart.
- Manhandling (noun): The act or instance of handling roughly.
- The video evidence showed clear manhandling of the suspect.
- Maltreat: To treat cruelly or violently.
- Rough up: (Informal) To treat someone with physical violence or roughness.
- Mishandle: To handle or treat badly, carelessly, or inefficiently.
- Manipulate forcefully: To handle or control with forceful physical effort.
(Note: "Manhandle" itself is not typically used in phrasal verb constructions. The following are conceptually related phrases.) * Push around: (Idiomatic) To treat someone in a bullying or domineering way. * He's tired of his boss pushing him around. * Throw one's weight around: (Idiom) To use one's authority or power in an aggressive, ostentatious, or bullying way. * The new director started throwing his weight around immediately.
- handle roughly
- I was manhandled by the police