It is cruel of him to ill-treat pets.
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Ill-treat
Synonyms for "ill-treat" (27 found)
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Translations
5 translations across 3 languages.
Gothic
1 entries- π°π½π°πΌπ°π·ππΎπ°π½ verb (to treat someone badly)
Japanese
1 entries- θεΎ γγ verb (to treat someone badly)
MΔori
3 entries- rurerure verb (to treat someone badly)
- tunuhuruhuru verb (to treat someone badly)
- tΕ«kino verb (to treat someone badly)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
He would never speak a word, only eat and cry, and she hadn't the heart to strike it or illtreat the youngster either; but somebody taught her a charm to make him speak, and then she found out what kind of a brat he really was.
Source: wiktionary
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