treat+cruelly
11ill-treat — ► VERB ▪ act cruelly towards …
12ill-treat — verb act cruelly towards. Derivatives ill treatment noun …
13ill-use — I verb abuse, abuti, afflict, be hurtful, be malevolent, bruise, buffet, castigate, cause evil, damage, deal hard measure to, do an injustice to, do evil, do harm to, do violence, do wrong, flagellate, grind, harm, hurt, ill treat, injure, knock… …
14maltreat — transitive verb Etymology: part translation of French maltraiter, from Middle French, from mal + traiter to treat, from Old French traitier more at treat Date: 1708 to treat cruelly or roughly ; abuse • maltreater noun • maltreatment noun …
15Illtreat — Ill treat , v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat. Syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill use. [1913 Webster] …
16crucify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English crucifien, from Anglo French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere Date: 14th century 1. to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross 2. to destroy the… …
17shaft — {{11}}shaft (n.1) O.E. sceaft long, slender rod of a staff or spear, from P.Gmc. *skaftaz (Cf. O.N. skapt, O.S. skaft, O.H.G. scaft, Ger. schaft, Du. schacht, not found in Gothic), which some connect with a Germanic passive pp. of PIE root *… …
18maltreat — verb treat cruelly or with violence. Derivatives maltreater noun maltreatment noun Origin C18: from Fr. maltraiter …
19oppress — v. a. 1. Load, burden, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon. 2. Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, subdue. 3. Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over …
20Treated — Treat Treat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treating}.] [{OE}. treten, OF. traitier, F. traiter, from L. tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v. intens. from trahere, tractum, to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf …
