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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illtreat.

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Examples

  • A man who illtreats his slave will not enter paradise ....

    The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks

  • "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

  • 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.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

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