Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat roughly or wrongly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To treat amiss; to abuse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
treat someone, or somethingroughly orbadly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat badly
Etymologies
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Examples
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Depends on your definition of the term "mistreat".
Am I sick? Steven Barnes 2009
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I invest a lot of my time and credibility in urging Americans not to judge or mistreat Pakistanis because of their religious, national, or ethnic identity.
Ethan Casey: An American in Pakistan Ethan Casey 2011
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But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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The comments I read and which were deleted by El Universal were not of the left-wing anti-Zionist variety but dealt more with the older prejudices: Jews are all rich; they look down on non-Jews; they are greedy and stingy; they mistreat and cheat their employees; since they feel ties with Israel they aren't "real" Mexicans; etc., etc.
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I invest a lot of my time and credibility in urging Americans not to judge or mistreat Pakistanis because of their religious, national, or ethnic identity.
Ethan Casey: An American in Pakistan Ethan Casey 2011
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The true aggressors are the men who mistreat and objectify them.
that sorry excuse for a woman has a hole in her soul. intertribal 2010
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If abortion is what it takes to mistreat the poor, so be it.
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The true aggressors are the men who mistreat and objectify them.
intertribal: that sorry excuse for a woman has a hole in her soul. intertribal 2010
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And there is no provision to abandon or mistreat children born with a genetic disability.
Fahad Faruqui: A Mother Holding on to Allah in Trying Times Fahad Faruqui 2010
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