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  • verb Present participle of illtreat.

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Examples

  • Mr Wroblewski was not convinced, but after three days Mr Bala was released from Wroclaw jail when police, who denied illtreating the writer, conceded that the evidence was slim.

    Man Writes a Book About How He Murdered a Man | Impact Lab 2007

  • "And you really think they have been illtreating him?"

    The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990

  • "And you really think they have been illtreating him?"

    The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990

  • He was in a dreadful way, breaking up china, etc. and illtreating his wife.

    Diary, March 19-August 25, 1864. 1864

  • Cunningham was cleared of wilfully ill-treating Brandon in the six months before he died and illtreating another young child in the same period.

    The Daily Record - Home 2009

  • Williams says he was illtreating my aunt, but that seems hardly possible even for Reginald. "

    The Crimson Blind

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