Maltreated
[mæl'triːt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Maltreat
Editor: Nolan
Examples
- The word demagogue has been frightfully maltreated in late years, but surely here is its real meaning--to flatter the people by telling them that their failures are somebody else's fault. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Accordingly, on this occasion, her small white hands sadly maltreated each other, while she stood up, waiting the entrance of Mrs. Sykes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Nolan