ill-treatverb [ T ]
uk/ˌɪlˈtriːt/us/ˌɪlˈtriːt/to treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them:
The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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ill-treatment
noun [ U ] /ˌɪlˈtriːt.mənt//ˌɪlˈtriːt.mənt/
Many asylum seekers described the ill-treatment they had received in various detention centres.