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Definition of Ill-use
1. Verb. Treat badly. "They want to ill-use the prisoners "; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
Generic synonyms: Do By, Handle, Treat
Specialized synonyms: Kick Around
Derivative terms: Abuse, Abuser, Abusive, Ill-treatment, Ill-usage, Maltreater, Maltreatment, Mistreatment
Definition of Ill-use
1. Verb. To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly. ¹
2. Noun. Bad, cruel or unkind treatment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-use
Literary usage of Ill-use
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"When does a man really ill-use his wife? Ans.—When he plays the Dickens with her.
What is the shortest way of fattening a lean baby? ..."
2. A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most by Charles N. Baldwin (1850)
"... that he lived to the age of 97 years. made an ill use of it; the enemies ol
Inspect .... ill use ..."
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