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
"But they didn't maltreat us, and the food was kind of O.K."
From Time Magazine Archive
There are no drum or paddles to maltreat the clothes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why are they so prone to maltreat the weeping willow, the loveliest of trees?
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
