mishandle (
http://definr.com/mishandle)
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn:
botch,
bumble,
fumble,
botch up,
muff,
blow,
flub,
screw up, {ball
up},
spoil,
muck up,
bungle,
fluff,
bollix, {bollix
up},
bollocks,
bollocks up,
bobble,
louse up, {foul
up},
mess up,
fuck up]
2: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
[syn:
mismanage,
misconduct]