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maltreating

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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 < French maltraiter. See mal-, treat

Related forms
mal·treat·er, noun
mal·treat·ment, noun

Can be confused: maltreatment, mistreatment.

Synonyms
mistreat, injure.

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maltreat
1708, from mal- + treat (v.).
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