Hyphenation of maltreat

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word maltreat? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mal-treat

Definitions of maltreat:

1.	Treat badly This boss abuses his workers She is always stepping on others to get ahead

Synonyms of maltreat:

verb	mistreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat, treat, handle, do by

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.