'Maltreating' definitions:
Definition of 'Maltreating'
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]