A.ill-treatment, “τοῦ ἡγεμόνος” X.An.4.6.3, cf. Stud.Pal.1.8.10 (V A.D.); oppression, “τοῦ λαοῦ” LXX Ex.3.7.
2. esp. in Law, ill-usage, of persons by their natural protectors, “ὁ τῆς κ. νόμος” Lys.13.91, cf. Is.8.32, D.10.40, etc.; “γραφὴ κακώσεως” Id.58.32, Men.328; κ. γονέων, ὀρφανῶν, ἐπικλήρου, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ, Arist.Ath.56.6; τοκέων κ. Lycurg.147; also κ. ἐπαρχίας misgovernment, of the Rom. actio repetundarum, Plu.Caes.4.