abuse

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nounwrong use

nounphysical hurting, injuring
nounverbal attack
verbphysically hurt or injure
verbuse wrongly
verbattack with words
verbtake advantage of

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When it paused the service earlier this year, the company said it was investigating reports of abuse, especially from malware groups.

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Regular testing can help the department identify officers with substance abuse issues as well.

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She said the lead agency into the woman’s allegations is now the Justice Department’s Inspector General, which oversees accusations of civil rights abuses.

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What I do know from the research that’s out there on abuse and abusers is that there’s a range of, I’d say of levels of denial that they are in … but I haven’t done any interviews.

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In 2018, for example, Facebook was slow to act on misinformation spreading in Myanmar that ultimately led to human rights abuses.

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Part of what’s driving this increased interest in unions is the abuse of data and privacy by tech giants.

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Meanwhile, House Democrats released a preliminary report last week that found over $1 billion in funds went to companies with multiple loans, writing the program had a “high risk for fraud, waste, and abuse.”

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When she was a teenager, Hilton says, she spent 11 months at Provo Canyon School, a “behavior modification school,” where she says she suffered emotional and physical abuse.

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Mary Spector, who directs the civil and consumer law clinic at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, said that suing a debtor with no intention of litigating the case is an abuse of the legal system.

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Quaint old Burton in his "Anatomy of Melancholy," recognizes the virtues of the plant while he anathematizes its abuse.

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