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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So Collie took advantage of her sex to pick upon White Fang and maltreat him.
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People who maltreat children are not necessarily uneducated, ignorant, and poor.
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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?
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