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maltreat

/malˈtɹiːt/

maltreat verb: to treat badly, to abuse.

Verb

maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated)

  1. To treat badly, to abuse.
    • he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books, published 2006, page 217
    Synonyms:
    brutalize

maltreat meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

maltreat in Tamil

கொடுமைப்படுத்து, தவறாய் நடத்து

maltreat in Urdu

بدسلوکی کرنا, برا برتاؤ کرنا

maltreat in Bengali

দুর্ব্যবহার করা, নির্দয় আচরণ করা

maltreat in Malayalam

ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക, ദുരുപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തുക, ശകാരിക്കുക
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maltreat in Kannada
ಕೆಡಕುಮಾಡು, ಹಿಂಸಿಸು, ಪೀಡಿಸು, ಕಾಡು
maltreat in Vietnamese
bạc đãi, ngược đãi

Synonyms of maltreat

Forms of maltreat

third-person singular presentmaltreats
present participlemaltreating
past participlemaltreated
pastmaltreated

Origin of maltreat

From mal- + treat, after French maltraiter.

Words formed from maltreat

Questions about maltreat

What does maltreat mean?
Maltreat means to treat badly, to abuse.
What is maltreat in Tamil?
Maltreat in Tamil is கொடுமைப்படுத்து, தவறாய் நடத்து. See Maltreat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maltreat?
Maltreat is a verb.
How do you pronounce maltreat?
Maltreat is pronounced /malˈtɹiːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of maltreat?
The past tense of maltreat is maltreated.

Words near maltreat in the dictionary

  1. maltotriosides
  2. maltotriosyl
  3. maltracking
  4. Maltraljan
  5. Maltravers
  6. maltreat
  7. maltreated
  8. maltreater
  9. maltreaters
  10. maltreatest
  11. maltreateth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maltreat (page history and authors); maltreat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreat (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreat (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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