|  ill-use 
 
 treat badly
 - This boss abuses his workers
 - She is always stepping on others to get ahead
 • Syn:
 mistreat, maltreat, abuse, step, ill-treat
 • Derivationally related forms:
 ill-treatment (for: ill-treat), ill-usage, abusive (for: abuse), abuse (for: abuse), abuser (for: abuse), maltreatment (for: maltreat), maltreater (for: maltreat), mistreatment (for: mistreat)
 • Hypernyms:
 treat, handle, do by
 • Hyponyms:
 kick around
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s something PP  (for: step)
 - They want to ill-use the prisoners
 
 
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