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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. subjected to cruel treatment;
- Example: "an abused wife"
[syn: abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maltreat \mal*treat"\ (m[a^]l*tr[=e]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly. [1913 Webster]