Translations for „maltreated“ in the English » German Dictionary

mal·treat [ˌmælˈtri:t] VB trans usu passive

to maltreat sb/sth

jdn/etw misshandeln

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English

The enemy spreads terror, the houses are plundered, the inhabitants maltreated.

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Animals are often maltreated in zoos, farms or domestic captivity.

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Illiterates with no schooling, frequently maltreated and with lopsided bodies and misformed knees due carrying heavy loads.

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Infants in this category have typically been maltreated.

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As soon as she was her stepmother, the woman began to maltreat the princess.

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However, the tribe did offer the woman protection if she was maltreated by her husband.

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Towns were razed to the ground, sources of drinking water poisoned, animals and harvests were confiscated or burned, and prisoners were maltreated.

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Despite these potential difficulties, psychosocial intervention can be effective, at least in some cases, in changing the ways maltreated parents think about their young children.

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She also maltreated the prisoners, not sparing even the children.

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Unfortunately, the king had to go to war and the stepmother maltreated and starved her stepdaughter.

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