ILL-TREAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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)