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mistreat

verb abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, assail, assault, attack, badger, be hurtful, be malevolent, be offensive, be pitiless, be rude, be violent, bear malice, berate, bother, bruise, bully, burden, cause evil, cause pain, create havoc, desecrate, destroy, disoblige, distress, disturb, do an innustice to, do violence to, do wrong, force, give pain, harass, harm, harrow, harry, heckle, hurt, ill treat, ill use, impair, innuce pain, inflict evil, inflict pain, injure, lay waste, lead into trouble, make mischief, malign, maltreat, manhandle, maul, misemploy, misgovern, mishandle, mismanage, misrule, molest, offend, oppress, overburden, overtask, overtax, overwork, persecute, pervert, plague, pollute, prostitute, run down, savage, show ill will, spite, strain, strike, torrent, torture, trample on, tread on, treat badly, tyrannize, use dispiteously, use hard, use wrongly, vex, victimize, violate, waste, wear out, work evil, worry, wound, wrong

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If anyone is suggesting that British forces routinely torture or mistreat prisoners I simply do not believe them.

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Army private Lynndie England, shown in photographs smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, has been charged by the military with assaulting the detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.