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maltreats
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To treat badly, cruelly, or violently
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
To put down or control by cruelty or force
To mistreat or do an injustice to
To cause pain through mistreatment
To lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument
To make a concerted or violent attack on
To mistreat someone
To cause damage or harm to
To put at a disadvantage or treat as undesirable
To exploit someone for one's personal gain
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Verb
▲
To treat badly, cruelly, or violently
abuses
mistreats
manhandles
mishandles
bullies
hurts
harms
misuses
brutalises
UK
brutalizes
US
injures
mauls
beats
hits
persecutes
molests
strikes
damages
victimises
UK
victimizes
US
neglects
tortures
punishes
ill-treats
ill-uses
kicks around
treats badly
knocks about
messes over
knocks around
beats up
treats roughly
roughs up
handles roughly
does over
wrongs
oppresses
takes apart
harasses
torments
batters
messes up
misemploys
prostitutes
attacks
assaults
roughhouses
shakes up
dumps on
cuts up
harries
outrages
assails
ruins
totals
interferes with
pushes around
does wrong
bangs up
bungs up
bashes
thrashes
beats up on
slaps around
works over
bashes up
beats the living daylights out of
duffs up
makes someone suffer
treats harshly
more ❯
“No parents or other adults should exploit, abuse or
maltreat
children.”
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
persecutes
torments
tortures
plagues
afflicts
abuses
besets
racks
mistreats
harrows
bedevils
agonises
UK
agonizes
US
excruciates
anguishes
curses
injures
wrongs
hounds
besieges
crucifies
molests
aggrieves
punishes
martyrs
pursues
ill-treats
picks on
discriminates against
inflicts pain on
inflicts suffering on
gets the knife into
sticks the knife into
wounds
brutalizes
US
beats
scourges
whips
maims
smites
lacerates
mangles
brutalises
UK
causes pain to
works over
gives someone the works
distresses
troubles
worries
pains
mortifies
breaks
causes suffering to
causes agony to
inflicts anguish on
martyrizes
puts on the rack
hurts
bloodies
traumatizes
US
traumatises
UK
ill-uses
lashes out at
discommodes
harms
misuses
puts down
treats roughly
tramples on
disserves
incommodes
causes injury to
lays a finger on
inconveniences
does violence to
crosses up
harasses
bothers
oppresses
stresses
vexes
burdens
irritates
rends
strains
taxes
blights
annoys
tries
exasperates
wrings
causes trouble to
grieves
disturbs
pierces
stabs
perturbs
devastates
faces
confronts
buffets
convulses
sears
shakes
tears
gives someone grief
rocks
shatters
crushes
guts
cuts up
perplexes
hurts deeply
tears at
tears to shreds
tears to pieces
kills
gives pain to
causes discomfort to
upsets
irks
pesters
harries
ails
affects
grips
presses
strikes
takes
visits
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put down or control by cruelty or force
oppresses
subjugates
tyrannises
UK
tyrannizes
US
dominates
persecutes
crushes
torments
subjects
tortures
abuses
plagues
harasses
enslaves
hegemonizes
wrongs
harries
hounds
coerces
besets
exploits
overthrows
scourges
aggrieves
distresses
rules
forces
masters
annoys
chastens
despotizes
encumbers
handicaps
outrages
presses
rides
saddles
strains
taxes
tramples
vexes
worries
controls
ill-treats
keeps down
treats harshly
holds sway over
grinds down
tyrannizes over
rules over
holds down
beats down
tramples on
rides roughshod over
walks all over
tramples underfoot
picks on
puts upon
weighs heavy upon
puts screws to
rules with a rod of iron
rules with an iron hand
mistreats
victimizes
US
bullies
terrorizes
US
intimidates
victimises
UK
terrorises
UK
suppresses
pushes around
represses
browbeats
domineers
overpowers
overwhelms
menaces
threatens
puts down
pushes about
kicks around
leans on
subdues
cows
overbears
brutalizes
US
brutalises
UK
needles
hassles
ill-uses
makes things hot for someone
messes over
has it in for
discriminates against
punishes unfairly
gives a hard time
gets at
has a down on
punishes
excruciates
overcomes
crucifies
afflicts
molests
domineers over
destroys
weakens
scares
manhandles
misuses
frightens
hectors
shows ill will towards
bulldozes
mishandles
bosses about
kicks about
bosses around
treads on
plays the heavy with
conquers
subordinates
steamrollers
gains mastery over
brings someone to their knees
gains ascendancy over
gains control of
immolates
demonizes
US
beats
uses
demonises
UK
has your knife into
stacks the deck
brings to heel
renders helpless
renders incapable
renders powerless
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mistreat or do an injustice to
wrongs
hurts
abuses
mistreats
injures
oppresses
harms
persecutes
wounds
maligns
damages
dishonours
UK
misrepresents
offends
outrages
dishonors
US
cheats
discredits
vilifies
aggrieves
trespasses
ill-treats
ill-uses
does an injustice to
offends against
dumps on
does a disservice to
does injury to
does wrong to
takes advantage of
bad mouths
imposes upon
sins against
does the dirty on
distresses
causes harm to
does wrong by
does an injury to
treats badly
Verb
▲
To cause pain through mistreatment
hurts
abuses
exploits
humiliates
manipulates
oppresses
spites
victimises
UK
victimizes
US
violates
antagonises
UK
antagonizes
US
belittles
ill-treats
insults
mistreats
mocks
provokes
taunts
torments
tortures
abases
aggravates
derides
misuses
wrongs
dishonors
US
dishonours
UK
harasses
harrows
harries
molests
persecutes
does an injustice to
dumps on
ill-uses
imposes on
martyrs
martyrizes
puts down
takes advantage of
steps on the toes of
gives no quarter
goes for jugular
hits where one lives
lays a bad trip on
Verb
▲
To lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument
flails
flogs
whips
thrashes
lashes
tans
birches
beats
whales
switches
scourges
flagellates
batters
hides
wallops
strikes
hits
leathers
bashes
horsewhips
pummels
US
drubs
canes
clubs
slashes
smacks
knocks
cowhides
straps
threshes
rawhides
whacks
clouts
thwacks
flays
socks
larrups
slugs
welts
lams
smashes
belabors
US
belabours
UK
gives someone a hiding
beats the living daylights out of
gives someone a good hiding
pounds
thumps
belts
mauls
buffets
hammers
pelts
licks
assaults
whaps
slogs
lathers
lambasts
pommels
bastes
whups
fibs
laces
slates
tromps
paddles
bats
lambastes
bludgeons
whops
curries
bungs up
roughs up
messes up
works over
punches out
punches
cudgels
slaps
breaks
bruises
clobbers
abuses
attacks
raps
rams
swats
spanks
boxes
punishes
bangs
mashes
knocks about
rains blows on
does over
knocks around
decks
cracks
cuffs
chins
taps
tonks
biffs
chastises
bops
drums
plugs
fills in
knocks into the middle of next week
lays into
lays one on
assails
trounces
crushes
pastes
manhandles
beats up on
beats up
does
beats to a pulp
bashes up
mistreats
duffs up
slams
smites
whomps
busts
clips
swipes
clocks
claps
bonks
nails
bobs
zaps
tags
boffs
laces into
defeats
trashes
lets someone have it
gives someone a drubbing
overwhelms
routs
slaughters
annihilates
sloshes
quilts
bests
waxes
dongs
swinges
buries
marmalizes
creams
pulverizes
US
draws
forges
thuds
flattens
destroys
worsts
massacres
smokes
demolishes
murders
pitches into
smothers
shellacs
tanks
crucifies
rolls
lights into
skunks
bombs
owns
dusts
sticks one on
walks all over
chastens
kills
wins a resounding victory over
pulverises
UK
hits hard
brings someone to their knees
takes to the cleaners
runs rings around
turns inside out
strikes down
walks over
takes a stick to
wipes the floor with
makes mincemeat of
defeats utterly
gets the better of
snows under
blows away
beats hollow
blows out of the water
blows out
triumphs over
blisters
handles
drives
stripes
bumps
impacts
malleates
lacerates
mutilates
flaps
flutters
ferules
flops
hits repeatedly
thumps on
knocks on
shakes
jerks
whisks
bears down
coshes
brutalizes
US
tears into
contuses
brutalises
UK
wears out
paddlewhacks
sets on
weighs into
fustigates
breaks face
leans on
takes care of
blackjacks
puts in the hospital
tans one's hide
dusts someone's britches
warms someone's seat
aims blows at
strikes with a stick
beats with a stick
whams
gives someone a beating
gives someone a good beating
gives someone a good drubbing
rains blows upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a concerted or violent attack on
assails
attacks
assaults
besets
charges
rushes
storms
belabors
US
belabours
UK
accosts
besieges
turns on
invades
raids
strikes
trashes
bushwhacks
impugns
jumps
sics
blitzes
busts
encounters
mugs
pounces on
sets upon
beats up
sets about
sets on
tears into
comes at
descends on
descends upon
falls on
flies at
gets stuck into
jumps on
lays into
lights into
pitches into
falls uponfall upon
goes in on
has at
hits out at
laces into
lashes out at
launches an attack on
lets fly at
makes an assault on
pounces upon
wades into
weighs into
works over
has a go at
launches oneself at
rounds on
sails into
lets someone have it
goes for
Verb
▲
To mistreat someone
messes around
mistreats
ill-treats
messes with
fools with
treats badly
toys with
treats unfairly
Verb
▲
To cause damage or harm to
damages
harms
injures
spoils
ruins
defaces
hurts
impairs
blemishes
devastates
wrecks
vitiates
blights
crushes
defiles
mangles
smashes
demolishes
desecrates
guts
shatters
trashes
undoes
vandalises
UK
vandalizes
US
weakens
annihilates
bloodies
breaks
compromises
crabs
destroys
disrupts
endamages
flaws
ravages
sabotages
stains
taints
tarnishes
totals
blots
disfeatures
razes
smirches
sullies
abuses
burns
corrupts
cracks
dents
dirties
discolours
UK
discolors
US
disintegrates
dismantles
gnaws
infects
knocks
lacerates
rots
rusts
scathes
scorches
scratches
splits
tears
undermines
wrongs
bleaches
contaminates
corrodes
crosses up
fades
pollutes
stabs
bangs up
smashes up
tampers with
wears away
does damage to
plays havoc with
wreaks havoc on
plays merry hell with
drives a nail into the coffin of
delivers a blow to
Verb
▲
To put at a disadvantage or treat as undesirable
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
discriminates
treats differently
shows prejudice
puts at a disadvantage
segregates
judges
hates
victimises
UK
victimizes
US
shows bias
singles out
treats as inferior
demonstrates intentionality
treats unfairly
sets apart
Verb
▲
To exploit someone for one's personal gain
uses
takes advantage of
exploits
manipulates
abuses
beguiles
controls
deceives
defrauds
fleeces
mistreats
rips off
targets
profits from
victimises
UK
victimizes
US
bleeds
cashes in on
cheats
ill-uses
jerks around
leverages
milks
misuses
preys on
uses for one's own ends
walks all over
capitalizes on
plays on
trifles with
imposes on
plays for a sucker
plays with
takes liberties with
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