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mistreat
(mis|treat)
Pronunciation:
/mɪsˈtriːt/
verb
[
with object
]
treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly:
it is a moving tale about how the white man mistreated American Indians
a dog which has been mistreated will remain very wary of strangers
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