maltreat

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ treat, after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French maltraiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːt/

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 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:

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• Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
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• Finnish: kohdella kaltoin
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: misshandeln (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: προυσελέω (prouseléō)

• Japanese: 虐げる (shiitageru), 差別する (ja) (sabetsu suru), 冷遇する (reigū suru)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: violō
• Maori: rurerure, tunuhuruhuru
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• Portuguese: maltratar (pt)
• Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja)
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