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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ill-treat .
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Examples
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We see not, after that, why he so ill-treats St. Peter, and reproaches him with having eaten forbidden viands with the Gentiles.
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His master loves him if he loves anything, but in his savage moods ill-treats him.
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He ill-treats every one he comes near; or, if, gentle to them, it is that they may serve some base purpose.
The Newcomes 2006
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I shall not dwell here much on the way communism ill-treats the individual.
Individualism, redefined, as a powerful change agent Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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I shall not dwell here much on the way communism ill-treats the individual.
Archive 2005-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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“Do you mean that he — ill-treats you?” said the brother, with a scowl on his face which seemed to indicate that he would like no task better than that of resenting such ill-treatment.
Phineas Finn 2004
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With respect to divorce, a woman can demand by law and right to be separated from her husband, or divorced, whenever he ill-treats her, or estranges himself from her.
Travels in Morocco 2003
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His regime routinely tortures and ill-treats detainees.
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It would be vain to attempt to persuade a man who beats his wife and ill-treats his children that he would be happier if he lived in love and kindness with them.
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He believes everything she tells him - that her husband ill-treats her - that she's an injured innocent - that nobody has ever understood her ...
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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