maltreated

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
maltreated
    adj 1: subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife" [syn:
           {abused}, {ill-treated}, {maltreated}, {mistreated}]
           [ant: {unabused}]
    
from 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.
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