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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| maltreat |
| SYLLABICATION: | mal·treat |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m l-tr t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: mal·treat·ed, mal·treat·ing, mal·treats To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse. See synonyms at abuse. |
| OTHER FORMS: | mal·treatment —NOUN |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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