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abuser

noun as in one who mistreats

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Ahead of the first test, domestic abuse charities warned that the alert system could potentially endanger victims by alerting an abuser to a secret phone.

From BBC

Her abuser in the US was prosecuted and imprisoned many years ago, but not before footage of the abuse had already been shared and sold across the world.

From BBC

During a High Court defamation trial earlier this year, his legal team said accusations that he was a "serial abuser of women" were false, and argued he was the victim of an "unlawful conspiracy".

From BBC

All the difficulties that typically attach to reporting these harms — from fear of retaliation to depending on the abuser for support — could be exacerbated by dislocation.

From Salon

If Republicans or the White House were actually interested in transparency or learning more about this case, they wouldn’t be so keen to take the word of a known liar and convicted child abuser.

From Salon

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

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