ill-treat
Example Sentences
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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
“Then I wish somebody would ill-treat me along that line,” I interjected.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Above stairs, all was confusion and alarm, and a number of the guests were seeking the villain who had dared to insult or ill-treat the young countess.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various
Why do you drive through the ditch, if you have a bridge within ten yards? and to ill-treat brown Lizzie!
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
