1
as in to abuse
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
a manager fired for maltreating the staff with needless insults a home for children who have been deprived and maltreated
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2
as in to attack
to abuse physically
if you maltreat the puppy, we will take it away immediately
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Recent Examples of maltreat
Lie number 2: Israel has been oppressing and maltreating Palestinians (and denying them a state) for 75 years.
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Efrem Sigel, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2024
In 2022, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 billion children were maltreated each year around the globe.
—Marc D. Hauser, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The revelations come after years of intense scrutiny of Texas’ child welfare system, which included reports by blue-ribbon panels, a state district judge in Travis County and a state comptroller citing weak protection of youngsters maltreated by birth families and then roughly handled by the state.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
The family is where you are first misjudged, maltreated, belittled, lied to and beaten—or not.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Coincidentally, a landmark incident that led to the death of a Nigerian happened in 2009 in Guangzhou, where Nigerians were recently maltreated.
—Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, Quartz Africa, 31 May 2020
Youngsters who live in neighborhoods with more bars or liquor stores are more likely to be maltreated.
—Kunmi Sobowale, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
Efrem Sigel, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2024
In 2022, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 billion children were maltreated each year around the globe.
—Marc D. Hauser, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The revelations come after years of intense scrutiny of Texas’ child welfare system, which included reports by blue-ribbon panels, a state district judge in Travis County and a state comptroller citing weak protection of youngsters maltreated by birth families and then roughly handled by the state.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
The family is where you are first misjudged, maltreated, belittled, lied to and beaten—or not.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Coincidentally, a landmark incident that led to the death of a Nigerian happened in 2009 in Guangzhou, where Nigerians were recently maltreated.
—Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, Quartz Africa, 31 May 2020
Youngsters who live in neighborhoods with more bars or liquor stores are more likely to be maltreated.
—Kunmi Sobowale, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maltreat
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During the tantrum, the child verbally abuses the parent and also destroys property within the home.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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The series concluded earlier in January after exploring how Grace, who was legally proven to be 21 years old, was abused by two adoptive families before finding her current fresh start with a new family, Vincent and Nicole DePaul.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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By arguing against birthright citizenship, Trump is directly attacking the fourteenth amendment which was codified after the Civil War to extend citizenship to the formerly enslaved.—
Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Luke Walford, 40, was fatally attacked while spearfishing with his family on island off the Central Queensland coast, according to ABC News.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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The remark was especially noteworthy since Breillat has been accused by two of her lead actresses, Caroline Ducey and Asia Argento, of mistreating them while filming explicit scenes.—
Victoria Uren,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Capturing soldiers is not technically a war crime, though mistreating them is, and experts in the rules around warfare agree that no grievance can justify holding anyone hostage, whether from civilian or military life.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Other officers and prison staff are recorded smiling and joking with each other as Brooks is being manhandled.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2025
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This is the moment for Europe to rewrite the global trade narrative, proving that when the U.S. bullies, and China imitates, Europe builds.—
Isabel Schatzschneideris,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The problem isn’t just what teens see but also their understanding that others can see them –– whether they are getting bullied or complimented, Nagata said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Investigators determined she had been mauled and eaten by two pigs that belong to Westergaard’s neighbor and were wandering near her home.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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The outlet reported that the girl was mauled on the head and torso before her father jumped in and separated her from the dogs.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
9 Dec. 2024
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Detectives arrested a suspect associated with a stabbing that killed a woman and left a man seriously injured in west Roseville on Saturday, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.—
Emma Hall,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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But the three-peat has proved elusive in professional football for all kinds of reasons: Key players get injured.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Charges and cases Vallejo police said Snyder was arrested after ambushing Lind but declined to discuss a possible motive or any connection between the two.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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In July of 2022, Raymond stopped a vehicle when the driver ambushed him.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Maltreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maltreat. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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