They accuse him of mistreating his wife.
She claimed she had been mistreated by the police.
Recent Examples on the WebThat regulation applies to any health care — not just care related to their gender — so a trans person with a broken arm can't be mistreated in the E.R., for example.—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024 More than one in eight women report feeling mistreated during childbirth, according to a new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024 This was the case for Midge, who had been adopted by a woman who mistreated her, locking her up or withholding food.—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024 Prominent institutions in the United States are also grappling with their histories of mistreating Indigenous people and artifacts in the pursuit of scientific research, including many violations that have only recently come to light.—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 Baron Cohen, 52, vehemently denies ever saying that, mistreating Wilson or pressuring her to go naked.—Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024 Instead, as the Brotherhood Building has fallen into receivership, some are concerned that the tenants have been mistreated.—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024 Social media users accused the zoo of mistreating the bear and blamed it for the earlier death of her mate Le Le, despite denials from zoo officials and Chinese panda experts.—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024 Robert De Niro won his second Academy Award for playing the central boxer as a human embodiment of stubbornness and the worst aspects of masculinity, spending the majority of the movie mistreating and abusing the people around him.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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