mistreated

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They have called adult protective services repeatedly, claiming that their mom is being mistreated, court documents show, and have tried to monitor her own whereabouts, Ruth said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

In an interview in 1980, Donald Trump called the entire hostage episode a horror and said it was ridiculous that the U.S. allowed its people to be mistreated for so long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"I always said that he never mistreated me," she said at the time.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Throughout, she’ll allude to stories of mistreated animals and the Griffith Park fire of 1933, heightening the sense that we are in the presence of unnatural occurrences.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

We well knew that there was great concern in the outside world about our situation and that it was in the government’s interest to show that we were not being mistreated.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela