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
No, she cried often.—Did his lordship ever ill-treat her?
From Who? by Kent, Elizabeth
What man would under-feed, ill-treat, or poorly care for a horse that he expected to serve him, in return, promptly and well?
From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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
"Seigneur," answered Marceline trembling, "they wanted to ill-treat poor Yvon."
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
