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ill-treat

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ill-treat
verb
her mother had ill-treated her when she was young:
abuse, mistreat, maltreat, treat badly, ill-use, misuse, victimize;
manhandle, handle roughly, mishandle, maul, molest;
harm, injure, damage;
informal knock around.
antonyms pamper.