Synset:abuse ill-treat ill-use maltreat step
Examples:
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Derivationally Related Form:mistreatmentmaltreaterabusemaltreatmentabuserill-treatmentill-usageabusive
Hypernyms:do by handle treat
Inherited Hypernyms:mistreattreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:kick around
Full Troponyms:kick around
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something PP (apply to: step) | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: mistreat, ill-use, abuse, ill-treat)