maltreat
verb[T]
formaluk/ˌmælˈtriːt/us/ˌmælˈtriːt/totreatsomeonecruellyorviolently:
粗暴地对待;虐待He had beenbadlymaltreated as achild.他小时候曾被严重虐待。
Synonyms
abuse
ill-treat
mistreat
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw dealidiom
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization