Associations to the word «Mistreat»

Wiktionary

MISTREAT, verb. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne