ill-treat
to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
Origin of ill-treat
1Other words from ill-treat
- ill-treatment, noun
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How to use ill-treat in a sentence
If he ill treats such fine fellows as you and me, and goes unpunished, how will he treat them, do you think?
We see not, after that, why he so ill-treats St. Peter, and reproaches him with having eaten forbidden viands with the Gentiles.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)I have likewise the ingrate in my head—this ungrateful, unjust, uncivil fever that ill-treats people who entertain her.
French Classics | William Cleaver Wilkinson"Man" as the Duke says, "is the Great Exception," and has been defined as the only animal that ill-treats and degrades his female.
The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons | Ellice HopkinsA dishonest, rough servant-girl, who ill-treats Oliver Twist, and robs her master.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
British Dictionary definitions for ill-treat
(tr) to behave cruelly or harshly towards; misuse; maltreat
Derived forms of ill-treat
- ill-treatment, noun
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