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
“Who asked you to ill-treat my friend?” he cried.
From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
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
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
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
