mistreat

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Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

One attendee had even brought her sign from 2017, a verse from Leviticus in English and in Hebrew: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

There are a lot of people who mistreat dogs and take dogs for granted.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

If people "mistreat" the event they are at risk of losing it, said organisers.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

He also tried to place his granddaughter under surveillance, for he thought that since she moved in a circle of Communists, at any moment someone might mistreat her because of her relationship with him.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende