maltreat

Example Sentences

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Bosses and colleagues who maltreat subordinates with ridicule or lack of consideration are as common as the companies who protect them.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2022

“How can you maltreat such a beautiful woman?” he was said to have asked the errant husband.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2019

There the President became a member of the Arctic Brotherhood and took an oath never to maltreat horse or dog.

From Time Magazine Archive

The peoples of Europe can maltreat, but happily not judge, one another.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mercy me!" called out the Bishop, seeking to escape, "here are those rascal fellows who did maltreat me so in Sherwood."

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)