mistreat
verb (used with object)
to treat badly or abusively.
were mistreating
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past progressiveof mistreat.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When the UN warned this week that European countries were mistreating refugees in cold weather, three of the five deaths it cited were in Bulgaria.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2017
"He's trying to manipulate this court into believing that the people here who went to great lengths to act professionally were mistreating him," said U.S.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2010
Nazi propaganda had led the German people to believe that the Poles were mistreating ethnic Germans living in Poland.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
For him it was as if they were mistreating Femke, and he charged on the miscreants.
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
