ill-use
noun/ɪlˈjuːs/
1
Bad, cruel or unkind treatment.
ill-use
verb/ɪlˈjuːz/
1
To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly.
- A Newcastle shunter, Goodchild, working at one end of Forth Goods Yard, was for some reason moved to the other end, with no loss of pay: he thought he was ill-used and ceased work, as did a number of sympathisers.1958 March 23, T. Preston, “North Eastern Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 206: