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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He might have ill-used his own wife and other wives' husbands without special remark, had he not been made a Knight of the Garter.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
Oh, don't tell me, sir; you must have ill-used her.
From Crotchet Castle by Thomas Love Peacock
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
"I have come to ask you whether you think that I have ill-used you?"
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
Cato may have ill-used his slaves, Sallust may have been rapacious, and Seneca wanting in personal courage.
From Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers by W. Lucas (William Lucas) Collins
