maltreat

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ treat, after French maltraiter.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːt/

Verb

maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated)

To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 217:
  he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.

Related terms

mistreat

Translations

treat badly

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: малтретирам (maltretiram)
Cebuano: dagmal, tampalas, maltrato
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虐待 (zh) (nüèdài)
Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
Esperanto: turmenti (eo)
Finnish: kohdella kaltoin
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: misshandeln (de)
Greek: κακομεταχειρίζομαι (el) (kakometacheirízomai), κακοποιώ (el) (kakopoió)
Ancient: προυσελέω (prouseléō), αἰκίζω (aikízō), ἀτέμβω (atémbō)
Japanese: 虐げる (ja) (shiitageru), 差別する (ja) (sabetsu suru), 冷遇する (ja) (reigū suru)
Khmer: ធ្វើបាប (thvəə baap)
Latin: violō
Maori: rurerure, tunuhuruhuru, tūkino
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: maltratar (pt)
Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: zulmetmek (tr)
Vietnamese: bạc đãi (vi), ngược đãi (vi)

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