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maltreatest

maltreatest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat.

Meaning of maltreat

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

Origin of maltreatest

maltreat + -est

Questions about maltreatest

What is maltreatest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maltreatest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat.

Words near maltreatest in the dictionary

  1. Maltravers
  2. maltreat
  3. maltreated
  4. maltreater
  5. maltreaters
  6. maltreatest
  7. maltreateth
  8. maltreating
  9. maltreatment
  10. maltreatments
  11. maltreator

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