| maltreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, mistreated |
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| maltreater | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: abuser |
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| maltreatment | (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage |
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| maltster | (noun) a maker of malt | Synonyms: maltman |
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| malvasia | (noun) grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
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| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| malware | (noun) malicious software, designed to break into a system | - |
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