Maltreat
[mæl'triːt] or [,mæl'trit]
Definition
(v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Abuse, ill treat, ill use.
Typist: Preston
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INJURE]
Typed by Dominic
Definition
v.t. to abuse: to use roughly or unkindly.—n. Maltreat′ment.
Typed by Ernestine
Examples
- It is those who injure women who get the most kindness from them--they are born timid and tyrants and maltreat those who are humblest before them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- 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: Pedro