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View synonyms for ill-treat

ill-treat

[ il-treet ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.


ill-treat

verb

  1. tr to behave cruelly or harshly towards; misuse; maltreat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌill-ˈtreatment, noun
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Other Words From

  • ill-treatment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-treat1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences

You can't ill-treat a woman; you can't damage her features and knock her teeth out.

Although this proclamation was made, yet the people did not cease to ill treat us, and cry after us, as we went along.

She was an angel, Sanders went about whining when he had no longer a woman to ill-treat.

He begged them not to ill-treat a friendless boy; but to let him return176 home in safety.

The 'prentices now began to insult and ill-treat them as they passed along the street, and several fled from the city.

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