Associations to the word «Maltreat»

Wiktionary

MALTREAT, verb. To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

MALTREAT, verb. Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats