maltreat
verb /ˌmælˈtriːt/
/ˌmælˈtriːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they maltreat | /ˌmælˈtriːt/ /ˌmælˈtriːt/ |
| he / she / it maltreats | /ˌmælˈtriːts/ /ˌmælˈtriːts/ |
| past simple maltreated | /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ |
| past participle maltreated | /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ |
| -ing form maltreating | /ˌmælˈtriːtɪŋ/ /ˌmælˈtriːtɪŋ/ |
- maltreat somebody/something to be very cruel to a person or an animal synonym ill-treat
- Officers were accused of maltreating prisoners.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMaltreat is used with these nouns as the object:- child
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French maltraiter.