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What does mistreat mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mistreat? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
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And I think that, you know, probably anyone who you make an example of, you are probably going to mistreat in some way.
He shall also undertake to give her adequate periods of rest and not mistreat her, under threat of prosecution.
They would mistreat me and abuse me, and would never have trusted me wandering the ship alone.
If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.
You commo, femmo, pinko types will whine about how this man is clearly going to mistreat his woman.
In fact, in some of these countries, it's routine to mistreat prisoners and do a lot worse to them than we did to our prisoners.

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