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- verb Present participle of
illtreat .
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Examples
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Mr Wroblewski was not convinced, but after three days Mr Bala was released from Wroclaw jail when police, who denied illtreating the writer, conceded that the evidence was slim.
Man Writes a Book About How He Murdered a Man | Impact Lab 2007
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"And you really think they have been illtreating him?"
The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990
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"And you really think they have been illtreating him?"
The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990
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He was in a dreadful way, breaking up china, etc. and illtreating his wife.
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Cunningham was cleared of wilfully ill-treating Brandon in the six months before he died and illtreating another young child in the same period.
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Williams says he was illtreating my aunt, but that seems hardly possible even for Reginald. "
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