maltreat
verb (used with object)
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse.
have maltreated
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present perfectof maltreat.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ruffians have maltreated him, rascals have misled him, philanthropists established a bank for him, but the South, with the North, protests against injustice to this simple and sincere people.
From America First Patriotic Readings by Jasper Leonidas McBrien
The Amalekites had captured and carried off everything, but they do not seem to have maltreated or killed any of their enemies.
From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
The Amalekites had captured and carried off every thing, but they do not seem to have maltreated or killed any of their enemies.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
Ye did not know of this; nevertheless ye have maltreated a good man without first making due inquiry as to his guilt or innocence.
From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Mrs. Howard Kingscote
That he should have maltreated Wilhelm Meister is quite excusable.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
