ill-treat
verbEtymology
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To treat someone or something badly or unkindly
To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat.
- He would never speak a word, only eat and cry, and she hadn't the heart to strike it or illtreat the youngster either; but somebody taught her a charm to make him speak, and then she found out what kind of a brat he really was.
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