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manhandle

man·handle

UK/ˈmænˌhæn.dəl/ US/ˈmæˌnhændʌl/ uncommon

verb

1.

handle roughly

  • “I was manhandled by the police”

Origin

From Middle English manne-handlen, man handelen, equivalent to man (“male person”) + handle.

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