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What is another word for
ill-treat
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▲
To treat someone or something badly or unkindly
To exploit someone for one's own benefit, especially in an underhanded way
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
To put down or control by cruelty or force
To mistreat someone
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▲
Verb
▲
To treat someone or something badly or unkindly
abuse
maltreat
mistreat
manhandle
mishandle
misuse
injure
harm
hurt
bully
brutalise
UK
brutalize
US
wrong
oppress
maul
molest
harass
victimise
UK
victimize
US
torment
harry
neglect
ill-use
knock about
treat badly
kick around
knock around
mess over
handle roughly
dump on
take apart
persecute
beat
do an injustice to
torture
hit
do over
treat roughly
beat up
do the dirty on
offend against
rough up
dishonour
UK
wound
malign
dishonor
US
take advantage of
strike
aggrieve
do wrong to
pick on
trespass
damage
batter
push around
have it in for
impose upon
mess up
discriminate against
do injury to
do a disservice to
kick in the teeth
put down
attack
misemploy
terrorize
US
assault
offend
prostitute
needle
hassle
outrage
hound
be down on
make things hot for someone
roughhouse
punish unfairly
be violent toward
have a down on
cut up
shake up
get at
give a hard time
lean on
terrorise
UK
misrepresent
mar
give the shaft
do wrong
interfere with
bang up
ruin
total
bung up
push about
be hostile to
be set against
show ill will towards
vilify
cheat
discredit
be cruel to
sin against
bad mouth
assail
do wrong by
distress
cause harm to
trespass against
punish
be detrimental to
do an injury to
bash
work over
bash up
slap around
duff up
beat up on
beat the living daylights out of
thrash
manipulate
humiliate
violate
exploit
spite
antagonize
US
insult
provoke
belittle
mock
taunt
abase
aggravate
deride
stack the deck
get on someone's back
use
demonize
US
demonise
UK
immolate
have your knife into
harrow
martyrize
antagonise
UK
impose on
martyr
bloody
do violence to
anguish
traumatise
UK
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
disserve
trample on
traumatize
US
cause injury to
cause pain to
agonise
UK
incommode
inconvenience
lash out at
discommode
lay a finger on
agonize
US
cross up
step on the toes of
give no quarter
go for jugular
lay a bad trip on
hit where one lives
denigrate
slight
slander
disparage
slur
libel
revile
impugn
defame
bad-mouth
diss
dis
cast aspersions on
calumniate
asperse
smear
slag off
disrespect
tease
ridicule
roast
blacken
scoff
knock
pan
traduce
cut to the quick
annoy
affront
mortify
upset
slap
jeer
curse
blister
slam
sledge
derogate
disgrace
miscall
slang
reproach
decry
be rude to
trash-talk
sneer at
treat disrespectfully
call names
besmirch
stain
criticize
US
throw shade
criticise
UK
zing
speak evil of
blacken the name of
run down
do a hatchet job on
give a black eye
speak ill of
rubbish
sully
mudsling
slag
back-bite
gossip about
drag through the mud
spread lies about
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
conduct a smear campaign against
bring discredit to
blacken the reputation of
speak badly of
scorn
castigate
gibe
excoriate
vituperate
disdain
lambast
lambaste
berate
trash
blast
scathe
savage
rebuke
pique
vex
contemn
pillory
potshot
nag
scold
belabor
US
displease
jibe
irk
minimize
US
upbraid
discount
slate
pooh-pooh
pour scorn on
rag on
poke fun at
jibe at
jeer at
heap scorn on
make fun of
bother
rankle
scandalize
US
disgust
anger
gall
disgruntle
reprove
put out
put
inveigh against
backbite
jump on
belabour
UK
ride
do a number on
cut down
flame
minimise
UK
blow off
shout at
cuss out
hose
swear at
vituperate against
blot
confront
dispraise
scandalise
UK
scorch
detract
snub
brand
make somebody's hackles rise
give a zinger
ruffle one's feathers
put your back up
raise your hackles
give the cold shoulder
blemish
insinuate
slap in the face
skin alive
tear down
irritate
disoblige
gird
debase
degrade
give offence to
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
more ❯
“He had a great respect and fondness for animals and could not understand how anyone could
ill-treat
them.”
Verb
▲
To exploit someone for one's own benefit, especially in an underhanded way
exploit
abuse
manipulate
misuse
victimise
UK
victimize
US
squeeze
wring
bleed
cheat
enslave
fleece
milk
swindle
use
prey on
suck dry
take advantage of
dump on
impose on
impose upon
play on
play upon
prey upon
rip off
treat unfairly
walk over
cash in on
walk all over
live off the backs of
take for a ride
put one over on
withhold rights from
take liberties with
take unfair advantage of
presume on
impose
oppress
intimidate
extort
bully
step on
ill-use
take for granted
take advantage of somebody
give the business
con
defraud
diddle
sucker
cozen
trick
bilk
deceive
flimflam
hoodwink
stiff
hustle
do
rook
dupe
screw
shortchange
gaff
hose
stick
sting
bamboozle
chisel
skin
fiddle
mulct
short
skunk
ream
euchre
chouse
thimblerig
pluck
nobble
do in
beat
shake down
finagle
double-cross
fool
gull
pull a fast one on
mislead
hoax
scam
delude
snooker
take to the cleaners
shaft
hornswoggle
chicane
bunco
string along
jerk around
pull a swifty on
burn
snow
clip
gouge
embezzle
swizzle
overcharge
sharp
gazump
lead up the garden path
rope in
sell down the river
sell a pup to
play for a sucker
target
have
betray
rob
beguile
goldbrick
sell
steal
inveigle
swizz
take in
short-change
use for one's own ends
sell a pup
screw over
give someone a bum steer
do the dirty on
pull a fast one
do an injustice to
work
blackmail
mistreat
pimp
leverage
humbug
illude
sandbag
rush
wheedle
entrap
capitalize on
fudge
plunder
trim
take
profit from
bleed dry
stitch up
run a game on
set up
sell a bill of goods
do a number on
suck the life out of
pigeon
extract
control
frame
overreach
pilfer
circumvent
disappoint
heist
filch
thwart
bluff
sell a bill of goods to
wrest
expel
force
wrench
misguide
pauperize
impoverish
misinform
rip-off
be sold a pup
do out of
do someone in the eye
spoof
strong-arm
sell out
stab in the back
gammon
put the screws to
buffalo
juggle
catch
play with
trifle with
maltreat
molest
tear from
bleed someone of something
kid
cajole
lure
coax
butty
harass
hound
bait
deplete
befool
cross
attack
terrorize
US
shuck
jockey
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
finesse
terrorise
UK
play
sweet-talk
drain
have on
fake out
suck in
pull one's leg
benefit from
pick on
give the shaft
double-deal
give bum steer
fast talk
take out
break the rules
bring to its knees
soak
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
persecute
torment
torture
plague
maltreat
afflict
abuse
beset
rack
mistreat
harrow
bedevil
agonise
UK
agonize
US
excruciate
anguish
curse
injure
wrong
hound
besiege
crucify
molest
aggrieve
punish
martyr
pursue
pick on
discriminate against
inflict pain on
inflict suffering on
get the knife into
stick the knife into
brutalize
US
beat
scourge
wound
smite
maim
mangle
whip
lacerate
brutalise
UK
work over
give someone the works
martyrize
put on the rack
distress
pain
trouble
worry
upset
annoy
irritate
mortify
break
hurt
cause suffering to
cause agony to
cause pain to
inflict anguish on
oppress
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put down or control by cruelty or force
oppress
subjugate
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
dominate
persecute
maltreat
crush
torment
subject
torture
abuse
plague
harass
enslave
hegemonize
wrong
harry
hound
coerce
beset
exploit
overthrow
scourge
aggrieve
distress
rule
force
master
annoy
chasten
despotize
encumber
handicap
outrage
press
ride
saddle
strain
tax
trample
vex
worry
control
keep down
treat harshly
hold sway over
grind down
tyrannize over
rule over
be brutal to
be cruel to
hold down
beat down
trample on
ride roughshod over
walk all over
trample underfoot
pick on
put upon
weigh heavy upon
put screws to
rule with a rod of iron
rule with an iron hand
suppress
mistreat
victimize
US
victimise
UK
repress
intimidate
overwhelm
browbeat
menace
domineer
terrorize
US
bully
terrorise
UK
push around
put down
subdue
overpower
threaten
overbear
cow
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
push about
ill-use
kick around
mess over
punish
excruciate
crucify
afflict
scare
manhandle
molest
hector
misuse
frighten
destroy
weaken
mishandle
play the heavy with
conquer
subordinate
steamroller
gain mastery over
bring someone to their knees
gain ascendancy over
gain control of
bring to heel
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
keep under thumb
domineer over
dictate
order about
order around
dictate to
lord it over
keep under
rule despotically
have someone under your thumb
treat brutally
overcome
yoke
squelch
squash
disfranchise
deprive
hobble
disenfranchise
pressurize
US
keep in subjection
keep in submission
bulldoze
dragoon
get hooks into
bullyrag
pressure
blackjack
railroad
take away someone's human rights
bogart
terrify
hassle
unnerve
heckle
spook
scold
berate
disparage
badger
taunt
chivvy
pressurise
UK
strong-arm
use strong-arm tactics on
mau-mau
reproach
revile
bother
provoke
pester
push
override
grip
upbraid
haze
be autocratic
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mistreat someone
mess around
mistreat
maltreat
mess with
fool with
treat badly
toy with
treat unfairly
muck about
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