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Meanings of ill-usage in inglés

portugués
abuso
catalán
dicteri
español
malos tratos

Cruel or inhumane treatment.

        malos tratos
        Sinónimos
        Examples for "abuse"
        Examples for "abuse"
        1
        All political parties accept there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse.
        The Irish Times
        2
        To Oprah's credit, she mentioned victims of abuse outside the entertainment industry.
        Ebony
        3
        If the alcohol abuse stops, then the physical health problems will stop.
        The Guardian
        4
        Armed with information, children are better able to report abuse to you.
        Feminist dot com
        5
        Government has also availed a number of avenues for victims of abuse.
        The South African
        1
        Background: Pregnant victims of childhood maltreatment are more likely to deliver preterm.
        Pubmed
        2
        Published today, the NSPCC survey is the largest UK study into child maltreatment.
        The Irish Times
        3
        That led researchers to suggest the maltreatment might have been triggered by crying.
        Reuters
        4
        The maltreatment of their townsman had kindled the spark of discontent to flame.
        The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
        5
        The maltreatment of the Negroes will be nationalized by this exodus.
        A Century of Negro Migration
        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
        Usage of ill-usage in inglés
        1
        He was an absolute sepulchre in the swallowing of oppression and ill-usage.
        Robert Falconer
        2
        I trust you suffered no ill-usage at the hands of the rebels.
        The Northern Iron
        3
        He would describe the gross ill-usage to which he had been subjected.
        Mr. Scarborough's Family
        4
        Here, then, was a pretext for further ill-usage of the unfortunate slaves.
        Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
        5
        Methinks that love never dies, unless it be murdered by downright ill-usage.
        The Claverings
        6
        Crime is evolved from perverted natures, and natures become perverted from ill-usage.
        Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
        7
        Poor little friendless rat, doubtless his mind has been disordered with ill-usage.
        The Prince and the Pauper
        8
        Surely, no gentleman had ever before been subjected to ill-usage so violent!
        He Knew He Was Right
        9
        Such intolerable ill-usage Mr. Gibson had never suffered in his life.
        He Knew He Was Right
        10
        His horse bears the marks of ill-usage, and is in an emaciated condition.
        Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
        11
        It might be that she had suffered cruel ill-usage in this.
        The Claverings
        12
        I accepted ill-usage from the Gentiles as one accepts the weather.
        The Promised Land
        13
        He died at Halsted poorhouse from the effects of the ill-usage.
        The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
        14
        This last leads to slovenly shearing, ill-usage of the sheep, and general dissatisfaction.
        Shearing in the Riverina, New South Wales
        15
        When the Indian complained of this ill-usage he was severely whipped.
        Las Casas: "The Apostle of the Indies"
        16
        He addressed them in their own language, protesting vainly against such shameful ill-usage.
        The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
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        Translations for ill-usage
        portugués
        abusoinjúria
        Ill-usage through the time
        Ill-usage across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common