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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. treat badly;
- Example: "This boss abuses his workers"
- Example: "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
[syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maltreat \mal*treat"\ (m[a^]l*tr[=e]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat:
   cf. F. maltraiter.]
   To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maltreat
    v 1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always
         stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat,
         maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat]