VERB
虐待;粗暴對待
If a person or animal is maltreated, they are treated badly, especially by being hurt.
例句
He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention...
他說自己在押期間并未遭受拷問和虐待。
Only when the animals were seriously maltreated was any inspection or prosecution called for.
只有在動物遭到嚴重虐待時才有必要進行調查或起訴。