were maltreating
- past progressive of maltreat.
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I cannot give you any idea of the hideousness of their aspect, and was much inclined to sympathise with the more innocent-looking fiends whom they were maltreating.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)