mistreat
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Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
“She would roll in her grave if she knew that in her death people would create a situation where people were going to mistreat bears, because she loved bears.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
One attendee had even brought her sign from 2017, a verse from Leviticus in English and in Hebrew: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.”
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025
There are a lot of people who mistreat dogs and take dogs for granted.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
If any big kid tried to mistreat a small one, Perry would settle that rite now.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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