ill-treat

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In these quotations, to vanquish foes and destroy enemies does not mean to ill-treat others in any way, or even to seek victory over them in a traditional sense.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2019

Only that he had been merciful, this young lord would not have been able to scorn him and ill-treat him as he had done.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

"Seigneur," answered Marceline trembling, "they wanted to ill-treat poor Yvon."

From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène

If he were to ill-treat her, or at some future time were to regret having married into our family, my wife and I would be inconsolable.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

They did not absolutely ill-treat him, but they refused to let him enter their nest, and insisted that he should live by himself in a distant bush.

From The Animal Story Book by Various