ill-treating
present participle ofill-treat
ill-treat
verb[T]
uk/ˌɪlˈtriːt/us/ˌɪlˈtriːt/totreatsomeonebadly,especiallyby beingviolentor by not takingcareof them:
Thechildhad beenseverelyill-treated by hisparents.
Synonyms
abuse
maltreatformal
mistreat
Treating people or animals badly
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- pick onsomeone
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannical
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
Examplesofill-treating
ill-treating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
You will put factories there, you will exploit the labour with the positive design ofill-treatingand degrading labour in this country.
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He gave details of a small number of occasions when, he alleged, he had witnessed members of staffill-treatingpatients.
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This inquiry was set up following the conviction forill-treatingpatients at the hospital of three persons.
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It is of course right that we prevent dogs fromill-treatingpeople.
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There can be no political justification forill-treatingpeople as is happening there.
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One must have the name of the officer one is charging withill-treatingor maltreating one.
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On the other hand, we read in the newspapers of disgraceful cases of parents, for no reason whatsoever, neglecting orill-treatingtheir children.
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The carter was not actuallyill-treatingthe horse.
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A very good comparison to consider is the case of a person found guilty ofill-treatinga dog.
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They went to their solicitors, who sought the names of the persons accused ofill-treatingthem but were unable to get them.
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Cases are brought into the courts and parents are summoned forill-treatingtheir children because they are sleeping out of doors.
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He may look out of a window, see the candidates drive up to the station and notice that he isill-treatinghis horses.
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That is far more dangerous thanill-treatingthose old men.
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He has agreed that if he were a farmer who caught his stockmanill-treatingthe stock, he would dismiss him.
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As for the pleasure in hubris, its cause is this: men think that byill-treatingothers they make their own superiority the greater.
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- what-s-the-damage
- what-s-the-drill-for
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