ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
have ill-used
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present perfectof ill-use.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Had I been wholly in her power, and provoked her to the utmost, I knew she would neither have ill-used me herself, nor allowed me to be neglected by others.
From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Julia Kavanagh
“Yes, I know that somebody must have ill-used him first.”
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn
No self-respecting woman, other than royal, would submit for a single week to be bullied and intrigued against and threatened and browbeaten as you are, and they have ill-used you for eleven years.
From Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess by Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer
Oh, don't tell me, sir; you must have ill-used her.
From Crotchet Castle by Thomas Love Peacock
"I have come to ask you whether you think that I have ill-used you?"
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
