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

He did not ill-treat the lady, though left all alone with her.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

As such, the latter revered him and did not ill-treat him in their own country, where they carried him.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various

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

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 Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)