Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. synonym: abuse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat ill; abuse; treat roughly, rudely, or with unkindness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
treat badly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat badly
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Examples
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I believe in the right of self-defence of the weak against the strong, and I do not propose to allow any man to maltreat me at his pleasure, as long as there are any weapons of defence to be had by which I can equalize any strength withhis ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Carry Concealed Guns Debate: Pretty Similar in 1872 and in 2010 2010
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I believe in the right of self-defence of the weak against the strong, and I do not propose to allow any man to maltreat me at his pleasure, as long as there are any weapons of defence to be had by which I can equalize any strength withhis ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Carry Concealed Guns Debate: Pretty Similar in 1872 and in 2010 2010
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Henry David Thoreau agonized over pummeling a chestnut with a stone to bring down its nuts: "It is not innocent, it is not just, so to maltreat the tree that feeds us," he wrote in his journal on Oct. 23, 1855.
The mighty American chestnut tree, poised for a comeback Juliet Eilperin 2010
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Better than paying Halliburton to maltreat our soldiers.
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I have called him an atavism, but in this he was worse than an atavism, for the males of the lower animals do not maltreat and murder their mates.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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Henry David Thoreau agonized over pummeling a chestnut with a stone to bring down its nuts: "It is not innocent, it is not just, so to maltreat the tree that feeds us," he wrote in his journal on Oct. 23, 1855.
The mighty American chestnut tree, poised for a comeback Juliet Eilperin 2010
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Henry David Thoreau agonized over pummeling a chestnut with a stone to bring down its nuts: "It is not innocent, it is not just, so to maltreat the tree that feeds us," he wrote in his journal on Oct. 23, 1855.
American chestnut tree may reach former heights Juliet Eilperin 2010
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So Collie took advantage of her sex to pick upon White Fang and maltreat him.
The God's Domain 2010
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People who maltreat children are not necessarily uneducated, ignorant, and poor.
Transcript: Child Abuse in Speculative Fiction « Coyote Con 2010
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When telling a story of a poor orphaned boy who lives with his aunt and uncle and cousin, who maltreat him -- does he have to be an orphan?
The Mail Order Firm in Schenectady marycatelli 2010
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