ill-treat

How To Use ill-treat In A Sentence

• Immigrants in Spain are getting a raw deal from state institutions and at the same time from small and medium business owners, who not only take unfair advantage of them, but sometimes also physically ill-treat them. Crossover Dreams: The economic rain in Spain falls heavily on immigrants
• Placing a child in public care is sometimes the only solution to ill-treatment in the natural home.
• He wur one o 'yo're handsome fastish chaps, an' he tired o 'me as men o' his stripe allers do tire o 'poor lasses, an'then he ill-treated me. Surly Tim's Trouble
• They deny allegations that torture and ill-treatment are widespread.
• He still loyal to his kindred despite their ill-treatment.
• I expect I will tell him so, one of these days, when he is a little less ready to believe I mean to ill-treat you. Shameless
• But, to make them blessings, you must act your part well; for they may, by your neglect, your ill-treatment, your evil example, be made to be the _contrary of blessings_; instead of pleasure, they may bring you pain; instead of making your heart glad, the sight of them may make it sorrowful; instead of being the staff of your old age, they may bring your gray hairs in grief to the grave. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.
• Having lost her husband at a young age she had to earn her living as a housemaid where she was ill-treated and sexually harassed by the house owner.
• A slave might not be ill-treated or subjected to undue hardship.
• It also increases the incidence of false confessions by placing the detainee in a situation where he or she may experience physical or mental torture, or serious ill-treatment.