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

Perhaps the subtlest of all his comic achievements is his parody of the way in which many people from his own proletarian background maltreat the culture they so earnestly desire to achieve.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But they didn't maltreat us, and the food was kind of O.K."

From Time Magazine Archive

But Helli was firm and despite her threats his wife did not dare to maltreat the Grouse.

From Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Fillmore, Parker