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MISTREAT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mistreat ... he / she / it mistreats
Past simple: mistreated
Past participle: mistreated
-ing form: mistreating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat badly
Example:
She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Synonyms:
abuse; ill-treat; ill-use; maltreat; mistreat; step
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "mistreat" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mistreat"):
kick around (treat badly; abuse)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to mistreat the prisoners
Derivation:
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
