maltreat

Etymology

From mal- + treat, after French maltraiter.

verb

  1. To treat badly, to abuse.
    he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 217

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