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
Those scars created a man who was a distant father and equally remote with his band members at the peak, mistreating them with casual disdain until everything fell apart.
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
His tenure at Texas Tech came to a messy and uncomfortable end when he was fired for cause after being accused of mistreating a player with a concussion.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The Chinese have been broug ht here to work on railroads, to work on farms and they were mistreated.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
LaFaive felt that Goodman had been fundamentally mistreated, particularly in the wake of a defining tragedy.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
His tenure at Texas Tech came to a messy and uncomfortable end when he was fired for cause after being accused of mistreating a player with a concussion.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The Chinese have been broug ht here to work on railroads, to work on farms and they were mistreated.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
LaFaive felt that Goodman had been fundamentally mistreated, particularly in the wake of a defining tragedy.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistreat
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One video advertises access to a longer clip of a boy toddler being abused for less than three dollars.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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Christina alleged that Joan physically and emotionally abused her and Christopher in her best-selling 1978 memoir, Mommie Dearest, which was adapted for the 1981 film that starred Faye Dunaway.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2026
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Bonnie's new device Lilypad initially causes problems with this, leading her to be brutally bullied in a group chat and shamed into rejecting her toys.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Williams called Valkyries fans bullies in an Instagram Live stream earlier this week, and by Friday night, Chase Center had the receipts.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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The album is both plea, polemic and protest, but its argument — that oppressed and working people deserve rights and dignity, and that those things have historically been won through rebellion and revolution — is hardly radical.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2026
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To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions.—
Gabriela Vidal,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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“Mistreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreat. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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