abuse
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The Crime and Policing Bill, now in its final stages in parliament, has been framed to improve authorities' crackdowns on knife crime, anti-social behaviour, violence against women and girls, shoplifting and child abuse.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
In a recent meeting, Indiana’s top Medicaid official warned autism-therapy providers to self-report any abuse under the old system or risk facing federal scrutiny, officials and autism therapy providers said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In November, we had the first version of the current guideline, against writing new articles with LLMs, which sadly didn’t apply to existing articles, where most of the abuse was.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
Although Hatami understands the reasoning behind SB 1437, he believes the law should be amended to exempt child abuse cases.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
In 2000, Congress passed the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which was meant to address many of the egregious examples of abuse of civil forfeiture.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
