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ILL-TREAT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ill-treat ... he / she / it ill-treats
Past simple: ill-treated
Past participle: ill-treated
-ing form: ill-treating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat badly
Example:
She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Synonyms:
abuse; ill-treat; ill-use; maltreat; mistreat; step
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "ill-treat" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ill-treat"):
kick around (treat badly; abuse)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to ill-treat the prisoners
Derivation:
ill-treatment (cruel or inhumane treatment)
