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mistreat

[mis-treet] / mɪsˈtrit /




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“And if we give ourselves a fair chance, we have less time to mistreat others.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

When a jerk mistreats us, it can help to have an understanding of why they’ve behaved like a jerk.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The stunt was meant to support critics of SeaWorld who assert that the park mistreats its orcas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

After a decade-long battle, a former animal trainer has succeeded in his mission of getting a beloved walrus out of Canada's most popular aquatic zoo, which has faced allegations that it mistreats its animals.

From BBC ● May 17, 2023

In the second passage, an excerpt from Petronius’s Satyricon, the formerly enslaved Trimalchio mistreats his own enslaved people during a lavish dinner party.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

And I don’t feel like anybody mistreats me or anything, except sometimes people act too nice, too polite, like they’re afraid they might ask the wrong question .

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

“Even in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor,” Mr. Fukuyama writes, “there were kind Americans trying to help those mistreated by their own government.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

They have called adult protective services repeatedly, claiming that their mom is being mistreated, court documents show, and have tried to monitor her own whereabouts, Ruth said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the wake of an internal report alleging that Riverside code enforcement officers mistreated street vendors and entered homes without warrants, advocates have questions:

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Bilal Mohammad appeared to be extremely distressed, shouting that he was being mistreated .

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

If he tried to stop Harry writing to Sirius, Sirius would think Harry was being mistreated.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Before the Rand Refinery can handle the metal, it needs to ensure it is mined in a responsible manner, including without damaging the environment, mistreating workers or funding corrupt officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The company said at the time through a lawyer that they denied mistreating bodies.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

State Farm spokesperson Bob Devereux disputed the insurer was mistreating its customers and said in a written statement an “overwhelming majority are satisfied with our service.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

The patients she was accused of mistreating ranged in age from 43 to 104.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

“This guy’s been mistreating his momma,” Darlene explained.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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