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
What man would under-feed, ill-treat, or poorly care for a horse that he expected to serve him, in return, promptly and well?
From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Maturin Murray Ballou
In my despair, when I heard this sentence, I thought of you and your favourites, whom I used to mock at and ill-treat more than you knew.
From Christmas Tree Land by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
If you ill-treat me, George, papa must have something to do with it.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
"Do you really think I ill-treat my wife?"
From Who? by Elizabeth Kent
