Term Gallery logo

Meanings of ill-treatment in English

Portuguese
abuso
Catalan
dicteri
Spanish
malos tratos

Cruel or inhumane treatment.

        abuso
        Usage of ill-treatment in English
        1
        The idea is simple: to prevent torture or ill-treatment before it happens.
        The Irish Times
        2
        By his ill-treatment of her; he beat her and trampled upon her.
        Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1
        3
        The feeling is very strong at present against ill-treatment of the slaves.
        With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
        4
        Sudan has previously denied allegations of indiscriminate arrests and ill-treatment of detainees.
        Reuters
        5
        Every thought of the ill-treatment he had received vanished from his mind.
        Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea
        6
        Charles still burns with indignation at her father's irreligion and personal ill-treatment.
        Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
        7
        He ultimately persuaded Nat to bear patiently any ill-treatment he might receive.
        Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea
        8
        All recruits, especially, were the object of the brute's insult and ill-treatment.
        Barry Lyndon
        9
        They come here with a history generations long of ill-treatment and persecution.
        The Trade Union Woman
        10
        Some were held for several days and described abuse and ill-treatment.
        Reuters
        11
        The 16-page document highlighted the arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment and torture of government critics.
        News.com.au
        12
        About 100 animals found alive bore signs of malnutrition and ill-treatment.
        The Irish Times
        13
        This ill-treatment at the hands of the authorities is now endangering his health.
        The South African
        14
        Egyptian activists said Gezawi had been detained for speaking out against such ill-treatment.
        Reuters
        15
        Several witnesses describe their sufferings and the ill-treatment they received on the journey.
        New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
        16
        In England ill-health, and now, in America, ill-treatment made him miss golden opportunities.
        The Harris-Ingram Experiment
        About this term
        More collocations
        Translations for ill-treatment
        Portuguese
        abusoinjúria
        Ill-treatment through the time
        Ill-treatment across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common