Maltreat

//malˈtɹiːt//

Synonyms for "maltreat" (83 found)

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6 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

27 translations across 17 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • αἰκίζω verb (treat badly)
  • προυσελέω verb (treat badly)
  • ἀτέμβω verb (treat badly)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • малтретирам verb (treat badly)

Cebuano

3 entries
  • dagmal verb (treat badly)
  • maltrato verb (treat badly)
  • tampalas verb (treat badly)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 虐待 verb (treat badly)

Dutch

1 entries
  • mishandelen verb (treat badly)

Esperanto

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  • turmenti verb (treat badly)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kohdella kaltoin verb (treat badly)

German

1 entries
  • misshandeln verb (treat badly)

Greek

2 entries
  • κακομεταχειρίζομαι verb (treat badly)
  • κακοποιώ verb (treat badly)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 冷遇する verb (treat badly)
  • 差別する verb (treat badly)
  • 虐げる verb (treat badly)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធ្វើបាប verb (treat badly)

Latin

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  • violō verb (treat badly)

Māori

3 entries
  • rurerure verb (treat badly)
  • tunuhuruhuru verb (treat badly)
  • tūkino verb (treat badly)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • maltratar verb (treat badly)

Russian

1 entries
  • пло́хо обраща́ться verb (treat badly)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zulmetmek verb (treat badly)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bạc đãi verb (treat badly)
  • ngược đãi verb (treat badly)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.

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