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		maltreatmal‧treat /mælˈtriːt/ verb [transitive]    VERB TABLEmaltreat |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | maltreat |   | he, she, it | maltreats |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | maltreated |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have maltreated |   | he, she, it | has maltreated |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had maltreated |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will maltreat |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have maltreated |  
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 | Present | I | am maltreating |   | he, she, it | is maltreating |   | you, we, they | are maltreating |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was maltreating |   | you, we, they | were maltreating |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been maltreating |   | he, she, it | has been maltreating |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been maltreating |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be maltreating |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been maltreating |  
    - Several of the prisoners had been maltreated.
 
 - A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.
 - It was all very well for the government in Moscow to lay down severe penalties for its servants who maltreated the natives.
 - Its boards were bowed and creaking; it had been maltreated in its own time.
 - They were severely maltreated, and were only released after the intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
 - We are accustomed, almost from birth, to hear of children being maltreated.
 
    to treat a person or animal cruelly  SYN  mistreat:   The hostages said they were hungry but had not been maltreated.—maltreatment noun [uncountable]:   evidence of animal maltreatment  |