maltreat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maltreat	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for maltreat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maltreat v treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" Synonym(s): mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maltreat \Mal*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maltreated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maltreating}.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.