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maltreat

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
maltreat/malˈtriːt/

▶verb treat cruelly or with violence.

– derivatives
maltreater noun,
maltreatment noun.

– origin C18: from Fr. maltraiter.

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