One will cut down oak, say, upset thanks to abuse

• Use badly
• Abuse
• Handle meanly
• Do wrong by
• "This one's on me"
• "Put your purse away"
• Act cruelly toward

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Illtreat \Ill`treat"\, v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat. Syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (alternative form of ill-treat English)