MALTREAT

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat

(verb) treat badly; “This boss abuses his workers”; “She is always stepping on others to get ahead”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated)

To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Mal*treat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.] Etym: [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.]

Definition: To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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