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
Add to that being women of color who have historically been undervalued, mistreated, and worse.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 May 2025
More recently, in June of last year, thirty-four senators sent a letter to Andy Jassy, the C.E.O. of Amazon, addressing allegations that the company mistreated drivers in its Delivery Service Partner program.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
This is not the singer’s first time being accused of mistreating animals.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 28 May 2025
In recent years, AI data training companies have been accused of mistreating workers abroad in Kenya and elsewhere.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 May 2025
More recently, in June of last year, thirty-four senators sent a letter to Andy Jassy, the C.E.O. of Amazon, addressing allegations that the company mistreated drivers in its Delivery Service Partner program.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
This is not the singer’s first time being accused of mistreating animals.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 28 May 2025
In recent years, AI data training companies have been accused of mistreating workers abroad in Kenya and elsewhere.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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In the procedural drama, Rodríguez brings to life a multi-layered and solemn character shaped by a traumatic childhood — abused within the foster care system, with no knowledge of his origins, and struggling with severe dyslexia.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Federal employees widely abused the Biden administration‘s telework policies, according to an inspector general report released by the Office of Personnel Management on Friday.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2025
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In the extreme, influencers are building social-media empires by bullying women into cutting calories and exercising for hours a day.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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One more user reminded viewers to learn from the online bullying fellow islander Huda Mustafa, a 24-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, faced earlier in the season.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
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Her performances quickly gain in popularity, and Seti becomes a star for a young generation that no longer wants to be oppressed by the regime.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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Its fight is with the regime, not with the Iranian people, who have been oppressed by the ayatollahs for almost half a century.—
Laurence Milstein,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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“Mistreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreat. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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