MALTREAT
VERBS
► HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother → a1400-50
► INTERFERE to maltreat → Bk1896 W. Amer. sl.
► MALAHACK ► MALLYHACK to injure, to beat, to maltreat → 1901 Amer. dial.
► MISGUIDE to ill-use, to maltreat, to abuse, to spoil, to injure → 1787 Sc.
► REYNOLDS to maltreat, to molest → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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