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
Above stairs, all was confusion and alarm, and a number of the guests were seeking the villain who had dared to insult or ill-treat the young countess.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various
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
According to English law, if any person shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, overdrive, abuse, or torture any domestic animal, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding �5 for every such offence.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
If you ill-treat me, George, papa must have something to do with it.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
