Associations to the word «Maltreat»

Wiktionary

MALTREAT, verb. To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

MALTREAT, verb. Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead".

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus