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abused

adjective as in exploited

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adjective as in maligned

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adjective as in raped

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The adopted children, then 18 months and 2.5 years old, came to the family abused and neglected, Wisner says.

Dear Thief is worthy of the abused critical adjectives philosophical, atmospheric, and masterful.

She was sexually and verbally abused, leading her to the brink of suicide.

As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.

The tough African-French girls living in the projects in Girlhood have been abused and pushed out of the system.

But he was quite right in carping at her, for fortune, like other fickle jades, is more likely to be true if steadily abused.

In brief, Chumru abused the English with such an air that he was regarded by the rebels as quite an acquisition.

Parr was an arrogant old coxcomb, who abused the respectful kindness he received, and took his pipe into drawing-rooms.

In previous pages I have spoken of the manner in which the railways of Ireland had long been abused.

They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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