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
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
No, she cried often.—Did his lordship ever ill-treat her?
From Who? by Kent, Elizabeth
They ceased to ill-treat their prisoner, and even showed a disposition to talk.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
"Do you really think I ill-treat my wife?"
From Who? by Kent, Elizabeth
