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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
maltreat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subjected to cruel treatment
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Examples
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Pasha in disguise, he is every where feasted, and treated with the most respectful attention, until the real truth being discovered, he is bastinadoed, spit upon, plucked by the beard, and, in short, maltreated in a thousand different ways.
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo
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"Whilst we still do not know exactly what type of treatment may improve the care of maltreated individuals, it may be that new treatments based on the biological vulnerabilities associated with childhood maltreatment could prove an exciting avenue for research."
Depression in adulthood twice as likely for those abused as children 2011
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I had not endured the miseries they had endured as maltreated boys or bullied ordinaries.
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While the deeds of Emil Gluck were all that was abominable, we cannot but feel, to a certain extent, pity for the unfortunate, malformed, and maltreated genius.
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Ellis and Boyce offer that there are also “orchid” children, who will wilt if ignored or maltreated but bloom spectacularly with greenhouse care.
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If a participant had two indicators, they were classed as definitely maltreated.
Depression in adulthood twice as likely for those abused as children 2011
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She was physically and verbally maltreated by this woman and was forced into domestic servitude.
Jennifer Morgan: Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake: Reuniting Children and Families Jennifer Morgan 2011
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There are a number of research papers showing that, for example, maltreated children have, already in childhood, abnormalities in the pre-frontal cortex that may have an impact on their neuropsychological function, especially executive function, things like sustained attention or regulating emotions, said Danese.
Depression in adulthood twice as likely for those abused as children 2011
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She was physically and verbally maltreated by this woman and was forced into domestic servitude.
Jennifer Morgan: Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake: Reuniting Children and Families Jennifer Morgan 2011
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Michael Pennington invests the Don's medical sidekick with exactly the right air of terrified loyalty, Oliver Cotton exudes white-suited arrogance as a dictatorial master baker, and Gavin Fowler lends his maltreated son a simmering, murderous resentment.
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