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maltreating

maltreating is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about maltreating

What is maltreating the present participle and gerund of?
Maltreating is the present participle and gerund of maltreat.

Words near maltreating in the dictionary

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

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