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
No ill use has been made of these privileges; but the domain and wealth of Great Britain have received amazing addition.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerWhat a cruel shame to ill-use her, She must have suffered greatly—more in mind than in body.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy"It will do you no good to ill-use a fellow-creature," replied Tweasle distinctly, as though the blow had refreshed him.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousBecause people are ungrateful and jealous and hard, and would ill-use me, the same as they did him and drove him away from Rome.
Marcus: the Young Centurion | George Manville FennThey beat and ill-use me, Dick; and I am going to seek my fortune, some long way off, I dont know where.
Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for ill-use
to use badly or cruelly; abuse; maltreat
harsh or cruel treatment; abuse
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