maltreat

maltreat
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, afflict, aggrieve, batter, befoul, bewitch, blight, bruise, buffet, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, envenom, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, infect, injure, jinx, knock about, manhandle, maul, menace, mishandle, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, rough, rough up, savage, scathe, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maltreat — I verb abuse, assail, ill treat, ill use, mishandle, mistreat, oppress, persecute II index abuse (misuse), abuse (victimize), bait (harass) …   Law dictionary

  • maltreat — (v.) 1708, from Fr. maltraiter, or formed in English from MAL (Cf. mal ) + TREAT (Cf. treat) (v.). Related: Maltreated; maltreating …   Etymology dictionary

  • maltreat — mistreat, ill treat, misuse, *abuse, outrage Analogous words: see those at ILL TREAT …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • maltreat — ► VERB ▪ treat badly or brutally. DERIVATIVES maltreatment noun …   English terms dictionary

  • maltreat — [mal trēt′] vt. [Fr maltraiter: see MAL & TREAT] to treat roughly or unkindly; abuse maltreatment n …   English World dictionary

  • maltreat — UK [mælˈtriːt] / US [mælˈtrɪt] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms maltreat : present tense I/you/we/they maltreat he/she/it maltreats present participle maltreating past tense maltreated past participle maltreated to be violent or… …   English dictionary

  • maltreat — maltreater, n. maltreatment, n. /mal treet /, v.t. to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner. [1700 10; earlier maltrait < F maltraiter. See MAL , TREAT] Syn. mistreat, injure. * * * …   Universalium

  • maltreat — verb Maltreat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑child …   Collocations dictionary

  • maltreat — transitive verb Etymology: part translation of French maltraiter, from Middle French, from mal + traiter to treat, from Old French traitier more at treat Date: 1708 to treat cruelly or roughly ; abuse • maltreater noun • maltreatment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • maltreat — verb To treat badly …   Wiktionary

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