maltreat

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ treat, after French maltraiter.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːt/

Verb

maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated)

To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 217:
  he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.

Related terms

mistreat

Translations

treat badly

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Cebuano: dagmal, tampalas, maltrato
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kohdella kaltoin
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: misshandeln (de)
Japanese: 虐げる (shiitageru), 差別する (ja) (sabetsu suru), 冷遇する (reigū suru)

Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: violō
Maori: rurerure, tunuhuruhuru
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: maltratar (pt)
Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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