mistreat Definition
mis·treat (mis trēt′)
transitive verb
to treat wrongly or badly
mistreat Related Forms
mis·treat′·ment noun
mistreat Synonyms
mistreat Usage Examples
Object
- prisoner: Still, there's sadly no reason to think British soldiers are any less likely to mistreat prisoners than the Americans are.
- animal: And mistreating the animals you are supposed to care for is pretty low on the moral scale, seems to me.
- woman: Or consider the claims against countries who repress women or mistreat women.
- child: The Home Office clearly has no interest in the trauma inherent for a mistreated child in another change of carer.
- detainee: Images of U.S. troops mistreating detainees have sparked international outrage and calls from Democrats for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.
- worker: Labor Behind The Label, a campaign group that counts Oxfam among its members, claims that Umbro's suppliers are mistreating workers.
Subject
police: Lifeson initially claimed it was him who was mistreated by the police.
Preposition: as
result: Second, if a breach in the computer system was made and someone was mistreated as a result, who could be held liable?
Modifying Another Word
- badly: All of the rabbits that we brought back with us had been badly mistreated, most of which had severe health problems.
- otherwise: As set forth below, the Serb forces killed, raped, sexually assaulted, beat and otherwise mistreated the prisoners at Omarska.
- simply: Now just note in passing that being mistreated simply for being God's people is normal.
- not: However, the workers employed through Ultimate Source were not mistreated.
- physically: Gabriel of the Quran, in contrast, does physically mistreat Muhammad to the point of his suicidal confusion.
- often: He was typical of the many Jerry Green stray dogs picked up daily wandering and lonely often mistreated and hungry.
Preposition: of
animal: The infections the DOMESTIC ANIMALS: ITS RIGHTS and THEIR CARES can be denounced the abuse or mistreats of domestic animals?
Preposition: by
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