had maltreated
- past perfect of maltreat.
Example Sentences
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The U.S., in turn, charged that Havana had maltreated 22 imprisoned Americans by failing not only to provide "needed foods and medicines," but by preventing the neutral Swiss from helping the prisoners.
From Time Magazine Archive
To refute these charges, the Yugoslavs invited reporters to the bedside of ailing defendant Krasilnikov, who showed no evidence that Tito's police had maltreated him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was all the more unexpected as he knew that the Kapellmeister was an intimate friend of Brahms and others whom he had maltreated in his criticisms.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert
He offered himself to the Dutch and promised to serve them loyally against those of his nation who had maltreated him.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
First, they had maltreated and robbed French traders in the country of the Illinois; "wherefore," said the governor, "I am ordered to demand reparation, and in case of refusal to declare war against you."
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Parkman, Francis
