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mal⋅treat

[mal-treet]
–verb (used with object)
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.

Origin:
1700–10; earlier maltrait < F maltraiter. See mal-, treat


mal⋅treat⋅er, noun
mal⋅treat⋅ment, noun


mistreat, injure.
mal·treat   (māl-trēt')   
tr.v.   mal·treat·ed, mal·treat·ing, mal·treats
To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. See Synonyms at abuse.
mal·treat'ment n.

Maltreat

Mal*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
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