abuse
Example Sentences
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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
I’m all in on eliminating waste, fraud and abuse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
In an interview with the Journal, an official said the state terminated Piece by Piece because of its alleged abuse of Indiana taxpayers.
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
He stopped once, in the middle of the street, to say only “Don’t abuse my hospitality!”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
