0 past participle, past simple of ill-treat --
1 to treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them: --
I do not understand why this warrior is more ill-treated under subsection (4) than he would be if he were a civilian.
We are aware of unconfirmed reports that he was ill-treated.
The sows are ill-treated throughout their 16-week pregnancy in dry sow stalls or tether stalls.
They were not ill-treated, but were held under armed guard.
Take, for instance, the provision of refuges for ill-treated women and children.
Incidentally, three others were ill-treated, he says, in the same way.
They may not get out of such asylums with their lives and are mercilessly ill-treated.
I do not think you can produce a horse in beautiful condition if it has been brutally ill-treated.