( ill-treats, ill-treating, ill-treated)
If someone ill-treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly.
They thought Mr Smith had been ill-treating his wife...
= mistreat, abuse
VERB : V n
( ill-treats, ill-treating, ill-treated)
If someone ill-treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly.
They thought Mr Smith had been ill-treating his wife...
= mistreat, abuse
VERB : V n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006