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  1. the act of treating someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them: Many asylum seekers described the ill-treatment they had received in detention centres. Workers had no formal means to complain about ill-treatment. See. ill-treat. Fewer examples. Ill-treatment is known to lead to high rates of depression.

  2. The earliest known use of the noun ill-treatment is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for ill-treatment is from 1667, in the writing of Thomas Sprat, bishop of Rochester. ill-treatment is formed within English, by compounding.

  3. Definition of ill-treatment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. Ill-treatment is harsh or cruel treatment..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  5. The meaning of ILL-TREAT is to treat cruelly or improperly : maltreat. How to use ill-treat in a sentence.

  6. Ill-treatment is harsh or cruel treatment. ...allegations of ill-treatment by the police. Synonyms: abuse , harm , mistreatment , damage More Synonyms of ill-treatment

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  8. to treat badly; maltreat; abuse. 1695–1705. ill′-treat′ment, n. 'ill-treatment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): child abuse - doormat - war crime. Forum discussions with the word (s) "ill-treatment" in the title: Ill-treatment of woman.

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