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
Half a dozen men who were deported all said in interviews with The New York Times that they had been mistreated by the Libyan authorities.
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Elian Peltier, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In some cases, the animals were mistreated and have found a sanctuary at the rescue.
—Dana Cadey, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
Kingsley’s political views thus display a tension between his desire to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and mistreated and his racist tendency to blame groups for their own poor conditions.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration, stress, physical disabilities and brain damage.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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Elian Peltier, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In some cases, the animals were mistreated and have found a sanctuary at the rescue.
—Dana Cadey, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
Kingsley’s political views thus display a tension between his desire to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and mistreated and his racist tendency to blame groups for their own poor conditions.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration, stress, physical disabilities and brain damage.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistreat
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The suit alleged Combs raped, drugged and physically abused her, the latter claim being supported by a 2016 hotel video obtained and released by CNN last year of the music producer dragging and hitting the singer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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While fentanyl is not widely abused in Mexico, methamphetamine addiction is commonplace.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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For nothing is more European, at least in today’s Europe, than being bullied by Russia while complaining about the United States.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hal was always bullied by his slightly older twin brother, Bill.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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My piece is about all of the bills being passed to oppress the identities of people who don’t fit into society’s idea of men and women, let alone people outside the gender binary.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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In this sense, the Mormon leader purports to advance both the formal law of the land on Utah Territory and more elemental notions of justice — even while simultaneously playing the role of both oppressor and oppressed.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Mistreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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