1. to handle or treat roughly or with violence
Usage: past tense of manhandle
2. to move or carry something heavy using physical strength rather than machinery
Usage: past tense of manhandle

Examples

• The suspect was manhandled by the security guards during the arrest.
• The protesters claimed they were manhandled by police officers.
• The workers manhandled the heavy boxes up three flights of stairs.
• They manhandled the piano through the narrow doorway.
• The furniture movers manhandled the couch into the truck.
• The patient complained that the nurse had manhandled him during the examination.