The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABUSE , but the solution may also be ILLUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
Maltreat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABUSE | 40 % | 5 |
| ILLUSE | 33 % | 6 |
| MISUSE | 10 % | 6 |
| HARM | 8 % | 4 |
| ABASE | 3 % | 5 |
| MAUL | 3 % | 4 |
| MOLEST | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maltreat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ill-treat
- mistreat
- ill-use
- abuse
- attack
- discompose
- criminate
- humiliate
- aggrieve
- molest
- tyrannise
- calumniate
Crossword Answer definitions
ABUSE noun- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- Catachresis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- To violate; defile; to rape.
- Misrepresent; adulterate.
- To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
- Disuse.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABUSE
- Badmouth
- Willful destruction
- Take for granted
- Maltreatment
- Bad treatment
- Treat harmfully
- Battery, e.g.
- Mistreatment
- Mistreat
- Treat scandalously
More clues leading to the result ILLUSE
- Unjust treatment
- Handle poorly
- Treat unjustly
- Mistreat
- Mistreatment
- Misappropriation
- Mishandling
- Treat like dirt
- Manage poorly
- Treat badly
More clues leading to the result MISUSE
- Bullyrag
- Malaprop, e.g.
- Apply improperly
- Apply incorrectly
- Dilapidation cause
- Malapropism
- Malapropism, e.g.
- Embezzle, say
- Treat badly
- Wrong treatment
More clues leading to the result HARM
- Cause damage to
- Do violence to
- Wrong
- "No ___, no foul"
- Damage
- Injure
- Do damage
- Hippocratic Oath word
- Injury
- Impair
More clues leading to the result ABASE
More clues leading to the result MAUL
- Heavy hammer
- Handle roughly
- Log splitter
- Maltreat
- Rip apart
- Darth ___
- Badly claw
- Beat badly
- Beat up but good
- Clobber