maltreat

Bosses and colleagues who maltreat subordinates with ridicule or lack of consideration are as common as the companies who protect them.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022

“How can you maltreat such a beautiful woman?” he was said to have asked the errant husband.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2019

The peoples of Europe can maltreat, but happily not judge, one another.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are no drum or paddles to maltreat the clothes.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was contrary to all the homely traditions at the farm to kill or maltreat a toad.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

To a newcomer like Davenant, the experience is a trial that maltreats his body and corrodes his spirit.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And who on that account maltreats you," interrupted Wanda, laughing.

From Venus in Furs by Fernanda Savage

She imperiously bids man sustain and reproduce himself, and this is one of the places where in the very act of obedience he wounds and maltreats her.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Poor man, why is Poseidon so wroth with thee that he maltreats thee thus?

From Stories from the Odyssey by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell

He is indeed," Oswald affirmed, "he is a particular friend of mine--if any one among the people about here maltreats him, he always applies to me.

From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Ossip Schubin

They have described using such tools as a moral imperative, insisting that child welfare officials should draw from all data at their disposal to make sure children aren’t maltreated.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

"There were those who treated us like humans, they understood us and sympathised with us. I can’t say that everyone was bad and maltreated us. It depended on the person," she said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2022

Juvenile courts like the one handling Mary’s case recognize that providing safety, stability, and pathways to higher education and employment for youth who have been maltreated is crucial to their long-term well-being.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2021

No matter what, indigenous women have to deal with the fact that our stories occasionally will be maltreated even after we reach assemblages of success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2018

So little anchored was the University by buildings, that when maltreated at Oxford it was ready to pack up its literary wares and migrate to another city such as Northampton or Stamford.

From Oxford and Her Colleges by Goldwin Smith

“If people continue maltreating the sacred lake like this, it will expand again and drown all the villages and towns around it.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

"Why are you harassing him and why are you maltreating not only him, but his family and an entire nation that is free and proud."

From Fox News ● Jan. 15, 2022

"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone," Huxley wrote in the novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2016

McDermott, who was not implicated in the SOS scandal, was charged with four department violations, including bringing discredit on the department and disrespecting or maltreating a person on or off duty.

From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 17, 2014

"And do you still cultiwate the fine arts, young man?" he inquired, as sternly as though he privately suspected Duane of maltreating them.

From The Danger Mark by A. B. Wenzell