mistreat

mis·treat (mis trēt′)

transitive verb

to treat wrongly or badly

mis·treat′·ment noun

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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