The word "mistreating" is correct in written English.
It is used to describe the act of treating someone or something badly or unfairly.
Example: "The organization was criticized for mistreating its employees."
Alternatives: "abusing" or "ill-treating."
So, if a government abroad or a multinational company is acting up in some way - perhaps dumping waste or mistreating workers - what can be done about it?
"I still think she was mistreating her child.
The government has responded by beefing up the inspectorate at the Ministry of Labour and by penalising companies that are found to be mistreating their workers.
Lawyers say there is no legal basis for holding them.Human-rights organisations and Syrian refugees criticise Egypt's government for mistreating them.
Her owner had been denied custody for mistreating her, and they both ran away from the circus.The relationship between humans and animals is certainly strange.
In war, his forces flouted any constraints, employing poison gas, mistreating prisoners and devastating occupied Kuwait.
The new agreement came after years of pressure on the growers and fast-food chains, which intensified over the past six months and included a congressional hearing at which growers were accused of enslaving and mistreating their workers.Some companies, led by Taco Bell, had agreed as early as 2005 to pay the extra cent the farmworkers were demanding.
With a friend like China, North Korea's regime will go on mistreating its hapless citizens and expect to get away with it.
Ideally, this patient will show some odd behaviour say, being able to multiply but not add, or mistreating cats but not dogs that can be tied to the injured area.
They have a grisly record of mistreating civilians and of killing their own comrades when they show signs of moderation.Kashmiris are weary of war, but scepticism about recent "breakthroughs" is understandable.
Previously they were obliged to sell only 20%, albeit after five years.If history is any guide, mistreating foreign investors will backfire.
