Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat unkindly or unjustly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
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- verb Alternative form of
ill-treat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat badly
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Examples
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The Israeli army and airforce are used on a daily basis to illtreat the civilian population of Gaza and the West Bank -- people who do not have the luxury of having an army, airforce or navy.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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"Ask those who were old enough then to tell you how the whites used to illtreat us," 50-year-old Manungo tells IPS.
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His Mother and sister shall never illtreat another Wife.
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It happened that the brothers all went away to trade in a far country and her sisters-in-law took the opportunity to illtreat the girl.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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Their subsistence will then be secure until the war is over, as we dare not illtreat our prisoners lest the Germans should retaliate upon the
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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His brothers kept track of him and lost no opportunity to illtreat him, and he resolved to run away from Boston and go to some place where they could not find him.
The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various
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But, instead of the humble apology that was expected, his auditors received a more terrible rebuke than before, Montesino threatening them with eternal torments if they continued to illtreat the
Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Alice J. Knight
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Even psychiatrists feel that it is somehow disreputable to illtreat a woman who doesn't fight back.
Operation: Outer Space Murray Leinster 1935
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"But do the Mifkets illtreat you in any way?" asked John.
John Dough And The Cherub Baum, L. Frank 1906
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And curse, illtreat, and harry us with loathing and abuse.
Poems 1890
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