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
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
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
If you ill-treat me, George, papa must have something to do with it.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
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
