ill-treat

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ill-treat

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From ill + treat.

verb ill-treats · ill-treating · ill-treated

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.
Similar: mistreat

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verb to treat someone badly

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@misc{ill_treat_2026,
  title = {ill-treat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-treat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}