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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
illtreat .
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Examples
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A man who illtreats his slave will not enter paradise ....
The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks
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"I won't stand it if that old woman, or Crabtree, illtreats them."
The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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A Superintendent, manager, officer or treatment, etc. i i • i • i nurse or other person employed in a hospital or receptacle described in section seven, or any person having charge of an insane, feeble-minded or epileptic person, whether by reason of any contract or of any ties of relationship or marriage or otherwise, who illtreats or wilfully neg - lects such person, shall be punished by a fine or im - prisonment at the discretion of the court.
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