ill-use

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"She did not ill-use me. Indeed, I do not believe that she ever knew that I was there at all. Is that not peculiar?"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

A prince, Lord of the Red Castle, happened at that moment to pass by, and inquired as to the cause of such treatment, for it horrified him that a mother should so ill-use her child.

From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Harding, Emily J.

His sister Helen was manifestly kind to him, and would not permit any of the company to insult or ill-use him.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

It might be rude, it certainly was not genteel, but she positively refused to converse with a scoundrel who would ill-use Eppie.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

If they succeeded in taking him alive, they were not to ill-use him, but to show him every courtesy, and to secure his person in the most respectful manner possible.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal