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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are mistreated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are subjected to unfair treatment or abuse.
Example: "Animals in captivity often are mistreated, leading to serious ethical concerns about their welfare."
Alternatives: "are abused" or "are wronged".
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Picketers felt that rodeo animals are mistreated.
Anti-racing advocates insist that surviving dogs also are mistreated.
But some elephants are mistreated, and training methods may be abusive.
"Even if they are educated — even lawyers and doctors — the girls in these houses are mistreated".
But at the moment women who are mistreated by the press have little comeback.
The stories are mostly about women who are mistreated by husbands or seducers.
I took a knee for those who are mistreated, beaten down and disregarded in this country.
It is quite possible that the North Korean employees in the KIC are mistreated and under-compensated.
But prisoners who are mistreated to make them talk give unreliable information, as experts on interrogation know.
Don't visit them in the cages kept along the river; they are mistreated and don't live long there.
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These bosses are mistreating their workers, said Mrs May.
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