maltreat Copy link Outline 1. vexo, 1 (a strong term)2. mulco, 1 (esp. by blows and such rough usage)3. pulso, 14. male atque injuriose tracto • maltreat: 1. vexo, 1 (a strong term): to m. and undo a province, (provinciam) v. et perdere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 12: to m. (and ravage) lands, agros v., Caes. B. G. 4, 15, fin. Join: vexare, raptare, omni crudelitate lacerare, Cic. Dom. 23, 59. 2. mulco, 1 (esp. by blows and such rough usage): to m. any one within an inch of his life, aliquem usque ad mortem m., Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 10: sadly m.'d, male mulcatus, Phaedr. 1, 3, 9. 3. pulso, 1: v. to beat. 4. male atque injuriose tracto: cf. Cic. Man. 5, init. (mercatoribus injuriosius tractatis).