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to mistreat
01
to treat someone or something poorly or unfairly
Transitive: to mistreat sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
mistreat
3rd person singular
mistreats
Present participle
mistreating
Past simple
mistreated
Past participle
mistreated
Examples
The animal shelter was shut down due to reports of staff members mistreating the animals in their care.
Lexical Tree
mistreat
treat
