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11ill-treat|ment — ill treatment, or ill treat|ment «IHL TREET muhnt», noun. bad or cruel treatment; harm; abuse: »... an assurance by Mr. Sandys that he could find nothing to support allegations of torture or any sort of ill treatment (Norman Shrapnel). SYNONYM(S) …
12ill-treat — ill treats, ill treating, ill treated VERB If someone ill treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly. [V n] They thought Mr Smith had been ill treating his wife... [V n] They said they had not been ill treated but that their time in captivity… …
13ill-treat — ill treatment, n. /il treet /, v.t. to treat badly; maltreat; abuse. [1695 1705] * * * …
14ˌill-ˈtreat — verb [T] formal to treat someone in a cruel or unkind way Syn: maltreat None of the prisoners were ill treated.[/ex] ˌill ˈtreatment noun [U] …
15ill-treat — /ɪl ˈtrit / (say il treet) verb (t) to treat badly; maltreat. –ill treated, adjective –ill treatment, noun …
16ill-treat — transitive verb Date: 1689 to treat cruelly or improperly ; maltreat • ill treatment noun …
17ill-treat — verb to treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat Syn: mistreat …
18ill-treat — abuse, treat poorly …
19ill-treat — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abuse, mistreat, persecute, victimize; see abuse 1 , hurt 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To hurt or injure by maltreatment: abuse, ill use, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat, misuse. See HELP …
20ill-treat — verb act cruelly towards. Derivatives ill treatment noun …
