If a person or animal is maltreated, they are treated badly, especially by being hurt. He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention = mistreat. to treat a person or animal cruelly = mistreat
treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
maltreated
التركية النطق
mältritîd
النطق
/malˈtrētəd/ /mælˈtriːtɪd/
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[ "mal-'trEt ] (transitive verb.) 1708. part translation of French maltraiter, from Middle French, from mal- + traiter to treat, from Old French traitier; more at TREAT.