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Definition of Maltreat
1. Verb. Treat badly. "They want to maltreat the prisoners "; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
Generic synonyms: Do By, Handle, Treat
Specialized synonyms: Kick Around
Derivative terms: Abuse, Abuser, Abusive, Ill-treatment, Ill-usage, Maltreater, Maltreatment, Mistreatment
Definition of Maltreat
1. v. t. To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Definition of Maltreat
1. Verb. To treat badly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maltreat
1. to treat badly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maltreat
Literary usage of Maltreat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A commentary on the original text of the Acts of the apostles by Horatio Balch Hackett (1858)
"sinn of him ; their object being on the one side to protect him, and on the other
to maltreat or kill him. ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"... a certain influence over their destinies ; and affirm that no person hr« ever
been known to maltreat it without sooner or later paying for hin audacity. ..."
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