maltreat

Example Sentences

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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

There are no drum or paddles to maltreat the clothes.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the President became a member of the Arctic Brotherhood and took an oath never to maltreat horse or dog.

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 Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)