D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

maltreat

/(măl*trēt")/ · mal·treat · IPA /malˈtɹiːt/
01 v. t. To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating
  1. 1.
    To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.