Usually means: Cruel, inhumane, degrading treatment or behavior.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ill-treatment: Merriam-Webster
  2. ill-treatment, ill-treatment: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ill-treatment: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ill-treatment, ill-treatment: Wordnik
  5. ill-treatment: Wiktionary
  6. ill-treatment: Dictionary.com
  7. ill-treatment: Rhymezone
  8. ill-treatment: FreeDictionary.org
  9. ill-treatment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. ill-treatment: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ill-treatment: Legal dictionary

(Note: See ill-treat as well.)

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noun:  bad, unkind or abusive treatment

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