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 made common cause in all quarrels and disputes, and to ill-treat one was to ill-treat both.
From Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 by Various
They seem to live on familiar terms with the people about them when they treat them well, to punish them when they ill-treat them....
From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth
My mistress, Dame Adelaide, a lady of the Queen's chamber, will know how to punish you if you ill-treat me.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
"You can ill-treat him sufficiently without my assistance," said Mrs. Mellen, smiling; "I shall not help you, certainly."
From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
