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maltreat

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mal⋅treat

  [mal-treet]
Use maltreat in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
mal⋅treat⋅er, noun
mal⋅treat⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
mistreat, injure.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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