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ill-use
[il-yooz, il-yoos]
verb (used with object)
ill-used, ill-using
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
noun
Also ill-usage bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
ill-use
verb
to use badly or cruelly; abuse; maltreat
noun
harsh or cruel treatment; abuse
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ill-use1
First recorded in 1835–45
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“I will not let them live for strangers to ill-use,” she thought—
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"She did not ill-use me. Indeed, I do not believe that she ever knew that I was there at all. Is that not peculiar?"
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“Yes, at once; so that he will never again have an opportunity to ill-use any one of you.”
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"Oh, probably because she can ill-use it to her heart's content."
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"They might ill-use him, and he's been ill-used more than enough already."
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