ill-use
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
Also ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
Origin of ill-use
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How to use ill-use in a sentence
“Ill-usage” expresses the date of the death of Columbus in 1506, as he died in great neglect.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The wives bore ill-usage with the most extraordinary equanimity, and never attempted to parry even the most savage blow.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontLady Byron's misery was whispered soon after her marriage and his ill usage, but no word transpired, no sign escaped, from her.
Lady Byron Vindicated | Harriet Beecher StoweThis would be the same motive as that which threatened death by fire or other ill-usage, in some of the instances mentioned above.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandDo you make this disturbance on account of the ill usage you received from Mr. Kent?
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden Pelham
British Dictionary definitions for ill-use
to use badly or cruelly; abuse; maltreat
harsh or cruel treatment; abuse
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