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- Dictionarymaltreat/malˈtriːt/
verb
- 1. treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence: "children die from neglect or are maltreated by their carers"
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to treat someone cruelly or violently: He had been badly maltreated as a child. Synonyms. abuse. ill-treat. mistreat. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating people or animals badly. a raw deal idiom. abuser. anti-harassment. at the hands of someone idiom. batten on someone. hit someone where it hurts idiom. ill-treatment. ill-used.
The meaning of MALTREAT is to treat cruelly or roughly : abuse. How to use maltreat in a sentence.
Maltreat definition: to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse. See examples of MALTREAT used in a sentence.
to treat someone cruelly or violently: He had been badly maltreated as a child. Synonyms. abuse. ill-treat. mistreat. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating people or animals badly. abuser. anti-harassment. at the hands of someoneidiom. batten on someone. hit someone where it hurtsidiom. ill-treatment. ill-used. impose.
Define maltreat. maltreat synonyms, maltreat pronunciation, maltreat translation, English dictionary definition of maltreat. tr.v. mal·treat·ed , mal·treat·ing , mal·treats To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. See Synonyms at abuse. mal·treat′ment n.
If you maltreat someone, you treat them very badly. It's best not to maltreat your little sister — she may grow up to be bigger, stronger, and smarter than you. Also, it's just not very nice.
maltreat. (mæltriːt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense maltreats , present participle maltreating , past tense, past participle maltreated. verb [usually passive] If a person or animal is maltreated, they are treated badly, especially by being hurt.
