maltreat

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ treat, after French maltraiter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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

1. To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 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.

Synonyms

• brutalize

Derived terms

• maltreater
• maltreatment

Related terms

• mistreat

Translations

treat badly

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: малтретирам (maltretiram)
• Cebuano: dagmal, tampalas, maltrato
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虐待 (zh) (nüèdài)

• Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
• Esperanto: turmenti (eo)
• Finnish: kohdella kaltoin
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: misshandeln (de)
• Greek: κακομεταχειρίζομαι (el) (kakometacheirízomai), κακοποιώ (el) (kakopoió)

  Ancient Greek: προυσελέω (prouseléō), αἰκίζω (aikízō), ἀτέμβω (atémbō)

• Japanese: 虐げる (ja) (shiitageru), 差別する (ja) (sabetsu suru), 冷遇する (ja) (reigū suru)
• Khmer: ធ្វើបាប (thvəə baap)
• Latin: violō
• Māori: rurerure, tunuhuruhuru, tūkino
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: maltratar (pt)
• Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: zulmetmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: bạc đãi (vi), ngược đãi (vi)