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

Yet you are but a child, knowing neither good nor evil, and all they can say against you is that you are the child of your parents; that is why they ill-treat you!

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

The Cayugas knew me as a belt-bearer from Sir William; they could not ill-treat me.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

She may ill-treat him, she may ignore him, it matters not; she attracts him.

From An Artist in Crime by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

I care for their marches, for their wants and food, and protect their women and boys if they ill-treat them; and I do nothing of this.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton