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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several of the prisoners had been maltreated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.
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It was all very well for the government in Moscow to lay down severe penalties for its servants who maltreated the natives.
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Its boards were bowed and creaking; it had been maltreated in its own time.
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They were severely maltreated, and were only released after the intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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We are accustomed, almost from birth, to hear of children being maltreated.