maltreat
21maltreat — verb See mistreat …
22maltreat — v abuse, mistreat, injure. See mistreat …
23maltreat — mal·treat …
24maltreat — verb Syn: ill treat, mistreat, abuse, ill use, mishandle, persecute, molest …
25maltreat — [mælˈtriːt] verb [T] to be violent or cruel to a person or animal, especially when you should be responsible for them maltreatment noun [U] …
26maltreat — mal•treat [[t]mælˈtrit[/t]] v. t. to treat or handle badly or roughly; abuse • Etymology: 1700–10; earlier maltrait < F maltraiter. See mal , treat mal•treat′er, n. mal•treat′ment, n …
27maltreat — /mælˈtrit / (say mal treet) verb (t) to treat badly; handle roughly or cruelly; abuse. {French maltraiter. See mal , treat (verb) –maltreatment, noun …
28maltreat — v.tr. ill treat. Derivatives: maltreater n. maltreatment n. Etymology: F maltraiter (as MAL , TREAT) …
29Maltreated — 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. [1913 Webster] …
30Maltreating — 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. [1913 Webster] …