mishandle

v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {fumble}, {botch

up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {blunder},

{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}]