maltreat
Example Sentences
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The QAnon congresswoman alleged the commission would be used to “smear Trump supporters and President Trump” and complained that accused insurrectionists had been maltreated.
From Washington Post
The indictment listed no particulars about the charge beyond the criminal statute definition of child abuse to "willfully torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat or otherwise willfully maltreat" a child under the age of 18 years.
From Fox News
The indictment listed no particulars about the charge beyond the criminal statute definition of child abuse to “willfully torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat or otherwise willfully maltreat” a child under the age of 18 years.
From Seattle Times
A grand jury indicted him on charges of wilful torture, abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise wilfully maltreating a child.
From BBC
Steven William Johnson, 35, has been indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under age 18, according to reports.
From Fox News
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