[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maltreat \maltreat"\ ma^ltr=et", 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
see also:
maltreated maltreating 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

maltreat
     v : treat badly; "this boss abuses his workers"; "she is always
         stepping on others to get ahead" syn: mistreat, abuse,
          ill-use, step, ill-treat
see also:
mistreat abuse ill-use step ill-treat 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "maltreat":
   abuse, afflict, aggrieve, batter, befoul, bewitch, blight, bruise,
   buffet, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave,
   despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief,
   do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by,
   do wrong to, doom, envenom, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex,
   hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, infect, injure, jinx,
   knock about, manhandle, maul, menace, mishandle, mistreat, molest,
   outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison,
   pollute, prejudice, rough, rough up, savage, scathe, taint,
   threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on,
   wrong

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