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Ill-use

//ɪlˈjuːz// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Bad, cruel or unkind treatment. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly.

    "A Newcastle shunter, Goodchild, working at one end of Forth Goods Yard, was for some reason moved to the other end, with no loss of pay: he thought he was ill-used and ceased work, as did a number of sympathisers."

  2. 2
    treat badly wordnet

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