Ill-treat synonyms

ĭl'trēt'

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abuse
To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
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hurt (related)
To cause physical damage to (something); harm:
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mistreat
To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
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victimize
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
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ill-use
To maltreat.
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maltreat
To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
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mishandle
To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
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misuse
To mistreat or abuse.
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help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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step
To measure by pacing:
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molest (related)
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speak-ill-of (related)
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defenseless (related)
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brutalise (related)
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maim (related)
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persecute
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
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Ill-treat Sentence Examples

  • ill-treat a child.

  • They did not plunder or ill-treat the people, but they cared nothing for town life or for agricultural pursuits, and as they passed onward they left the country bare.

  • ill-treat a badger, or to interfere with a badger sett.

  • This makes it an offense to kill, injure, capture or cruelly ill-treat a badger, or to interfere with a badger sett.

  • Their parents, too, do not ill-treat their children.

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