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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Maltreat
//malˈtɹiːt//
Synonyms for "maltreat" (83 found)
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Related words (41)
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Translations
27 translations across 17 languages.
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
1 entries- 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
1 entries- 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)
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