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ill-treat

verb as in mistreat

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verb as in brutalize

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verb as in crucify

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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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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill-treat, such as: dissipate, exhaust, ill-use, maltreat, mishandle, and mistreat.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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