ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
ill-using
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present participleof ill-use.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But Choo strictly forbade plundering, and any of his band caught robbing or ill-using the people met with prompt and summary punishment.
From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger
"It's my firm belief you'd been ill-using that boy, the food was delicious."
From More Cargoes 1897 by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
I could not make out whether seeing her a governess were too much for him, or whether he suspected me of ill-using her.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"If he's ill-using her she's quite right," said Madame Goesler.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
"My cousin can't suppose that I am ill-using her," said Tom, who disliked the "Ayala" quite as much as he did the "Mister."
From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope
