as in bullied
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
the foster parent who had been mistreating his charges was sent to jail
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Recent Examples of mistreated
Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
There have been multiple reports of children being mistreated during enforcement operations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
In prison, she was often severely mistreated.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
One said no one mistreated him.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
In the last decade, a spate of pop culture examining how the media mistreated famous women in the 1990s and 2000s has recontextualized their stories.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In a post on X Monday, Israel’s foreign ministry again denied that any of the flotilla participants had been mistreated in detention.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Rene Gomez, the civic engagement coordinator with the Farmworkers Association of Florida, said many workers who receive H-1B visas are mistreated by their employers through harassment, wage theft, and safety concerns, which are difficult to report because of their immigration status.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
They are mistreated, raped, killed.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
There have been multiple reports of children being mistreated during enforcement operations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
In prison, she was often severely mistreated.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
One said no one mistreated him.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
In the last decade, a spate of pop culture examining how the media mistreated famous women in the 1990s and 2000s has recontextualized their stories.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In a post on X Monday, Israel’s foreign ministry again denied that any of the flotilla participants had been mistreated in detention.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Rene Gomez, the civic engagement coordinator with the Farmworkers Association of Florida, said many workers who receive H-1B visas are mistreated by their employers through harassment, wage theft, and safety concerns, which are difficult to report because of their immigration status.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistreated
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The former president has bristled at the suggestion that his administration abused the autopen, defending himself in a July 13 New York Times interview.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The lax rules are being abused by people using services like Suno and Udio, where anyone can make an AI song that attempts to mimic a real artist in a matter of seconds.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Naroditsky's death at age 29 outraged his supporters in the chess world, who said he'd been bullied relentlessly by Kramnik, a former world champion who has accused many players of cheating in online play.—
Jason Abbruzzese,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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The case centered on allegations that O’Brien had bullied colleagues and made racially insensitive remarks.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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As of 2025, at least 130 people are known to have been tortured by Burge and his detectives.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Another 11 suspected Tren de Aragua members were hit with multiple felony charges in December after a couple living in the now-shuttered Edge of Lowry apartments was kidnapped and tortured.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Mistreated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreated. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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