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Maltreat synonyms

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injure
To cause physical harm to; hurt:
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  1. To cause physical harm to; hurt:
  2. To do physical harm or damage to; hurt
  3. To cause damage to; impair:
damage
To cause damage to.
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  1. To cause damage to.
  2. To do damage to
ill-treat
To treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat
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  1. To treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat
abuse
To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
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  1. To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
  2. To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.
  3. To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
ill-treat
To treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat
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  1. To treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat
ill-use
To maltreat.
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  1. To maltreat.
  2. To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly.
  3. To treat unfairly, unkindly, or cruelly; use badly; abuse
mishandle
To treat roughly; maltreat:
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  1. To treat roughly; maltreat:
  2. To handle badly, causing physical injury.
  3. To handle badly or roughly; abuse, maltreat, or mismanage
mistreat
To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
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  1. To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
  2. To treat roughly or wrongly.
misuse
To use incorrectly or improperly; misapply
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  1. To use incorrectly or improperly; misapply
  2. To treat badly or harshly; abuse
  3. To mistreat or abuse.
Find another word for maltreat. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for maltreat, like: injure, damage, ill-treat, abuse, hurt, abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, mishandle, mistreat and misuse.

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