maltreated adj 1: subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife" [syn: {abused}, {ill-treated}, {maltreated}, {mistreated}] [ant: {unabused}]
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]