as in to abuse
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
the foster parent who had been mistreating his charges was sent to jail
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Recent Examples of mistreat
In the internet age, this will begin with women posting about being forced to wear hijabs and generally being mistreated.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Medieval rabbinic discussions of the latter line underscore the divided thinking: one rabbi worries that converts will influence other Jews to become lax in their observance of God’s commandments; others fear that Jews will inevitably mistreat converts and suffer God’s punishment for it.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
China’s leaders have long mistreated American companies and blocked U.S. social media networks — including Truth Social — from operating in their country.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, he was embroiled in a social-media fight among venture capitalists over one of his previous investments and allegations of mistreating the founder.
—Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Medieval rabbinic discussions of the latter line underscore the divided thinking: one rabbi worries that converts will influence other Jews to become lax in their observance of God’s commandments; others fear that Jews will inevitably mistreat converts and suffer God’s punishment for it.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
China’s leaders have long mistreated American companies and blocked U.S. social media networks — including Truth Social — from operating in their country.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, he was embroiled in a social-media fight among venture capitalists over one of his previous investments and allegations of mistreating the founder.
—Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Saturday afternoon, officers responded to a call reporting a coyote pup being abused in the 10800 block of South Sacramento Avenue by three males, Chicago police said, Officers discovered a dead pup on private property and the coyote was removed..Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Star Tribune reports that the mother of two met a group of 15-year-old hockey players from Colorado in a hotel hot tub and later abused two of them in their room.Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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After spending two days with the Heat on the Northern California portion of their most recent road trip, this much was made quite clear: The Heat are not about to be hurried or bullied into a bad deal.Sam Amick, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Trump responded by repeatedly bullying him, threatening to annex Canada.Stephen Maher, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
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The organization championed self-determination and economic independence for Black people at a time when Jim Crow laws oppressed African Americans and colonization subjugated Africans on their own continent.Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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President Joe Biden recently announced the establishment of a new national monument acknowledging the history of the residential school system, which oppressed thousands of Indigenous children and their families during the course of more than 150 years.Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Mistreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreat. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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