"mistreat" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈtriːt/ Forms: mistreat [canonical], mistreats [third-person, singular], mistreated [past], mistreated [past, participle], mistreating [present, participle]
Etymology: mis- + treat Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mis|treat}} mis- + treat Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you mistreat someone, you treat them in a way that is not nice.
    Sense id: simple-mistreat-en-verb-K2F5s9~S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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