'maltreat' definitions:

Definition of 'maltreat'

From: WordNet
verb
Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat]

Definition of 'maltreat'

From: GCIDE
  • maltreat \mal*treat"\ (m[a^]l*tr[=e]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'maltreat'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'maltreat'