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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb mistreat has 1 sense

• mistreat(v = verb.social) abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step - treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
is one way to do by, handle, treat
Derived form noun mistreatment₁
Sample sentence:
They want to mistreat the prisoners

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THESAURUS

mistreat

abuse, afflict, aggrieve, batter, befoul, bewitch, blight, bruise, brutalize, buffet, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, envenom, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, infect, injure, jinx, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, maul, menace, mishandle, misuse, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, rough, rough up, savage, scathe, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

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