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Aug 31, 2023 · maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated) To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
maltreat somebody/something to be very cruel to a person or an animal synonym ill-treat Officers were accused of maltreating prisoners. Oxford Collocations Dictionary Maltreat is used with these nouns as the object:
MALTREATMENT definition: 1. the act of treating someone cruelly or violently: 2. the act of treating someone cruelly or…. Learn more.
Maltreatment definition: the act of treating someone badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse. See examples of MALTREATMENT used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the verb maltreat is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for maltreat is from 1681, in a translation by J. Innes. maltreat is formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mal- prefix, treat v. See etymology.
MALTREATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of maltreat 2. to treat someone cruelly or violently: . Learn more.
maltreating meaning: 1. present participle of maltreat 2. to treat someone cruelly or violently: . Learn more.
