Maltreat

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  • transitive verb. To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. synonym: abuse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To treat ill; abuse; treat roughly, rudely, or with unkindness.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To treat badly.
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  • verb. treat badly
    • Word Usage
    "Henry David Thoreau agonized over pummeling a chestnut with a stone to bring down its nuts: "It is not innocent, it is not just, so to maltreat the tree that feeds us," he wrote in his journal on Oct. 23, 1855."
    Form
    maltreated  maltreating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    do by  handle  treat  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    kick around  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  abuse  afflict  aggrieve  batter  
    verb-form
    maltreated  maltreating  maltreats  
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