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
"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
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)
Oh, if they ill-treat you," cried the little one warmly, "only call Tausdorf to your help, he'll soon send them about their business!
From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Velde, Carl Franz van der
They did not plunder or ill-treat the people, but they cared nothing for town life or for agricultural pursuits, and as they passed onward they left the country bare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
