mistreat
verb (used with object)
to treat badly or abusively.
had mistreated
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past perfectof mistreat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr Hopkins said he felt successive governments had mistreated miners and their pensions.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
District officials admitted last year that school staff had mistreated the girl and agreed to pay her family a $2 million settlement after initially defending how it handled the bullying allegations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Twin males Tsar and Jamil, born in January 2021, were due to be transferred to Belgium in May after the Ukrainian authorities seized them from private owners who had mistreated them.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2022
Dianne Morales, a former nonprofit executive who cast herself as the farthest-left choice in the field, also saw her campaign collapse when her workers went on strike, alleging she had mistreated them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
A sudden tenderness came to Yetta for this hard old woman who had mistreated her.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
