misuse

"We are confident that the vast majority of accounts identified for misuse have been correctly flagged with the appropriate action taken."

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Known popularly as the "corn" because of its resemblance to the summer barbecue staple, the towering former communist-era barracks' facelift is already under scrutiny for potential misuse of the central European country's public funds.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

An apparent misuse of the technology also led to the most controversial incident in the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

To Beijing’s regulators, the back-and-forth in Washington has reinforced the idea that governments need to keep a tight grip on powerful AI technology to prevent misuse in areas such as cyberwarfare and bioweapons development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

There are so many examples of human misuse of the Earth that even phrasing this question chills me.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Under current law, queries are reported annually to Congress so misuses of the program are identified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Yet one doesn’t need an AI bot to explain why Grammarly’s stunt has to rank among the sleaziest misuses of AI technology yet to appear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Safeguards will be in place to ensure victims of sexual crime are not identified and anyone who misuses the footage could face contempt of court proceedings.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

In this special, Oprah Winfrey sits down with doctors to discuss the benefits of these drugs, particularly in combating the obesity epidemic in the United States, and their potential misuses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

But the owner is not bound to consent to the loss of his goods from the mere fact that he misuses them to his own spiritual disadvantage, or owes them in charity to the taker.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems -- and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

That would give the U.S. influence over the Saudi nuclear program and, Trump administration officials argue, a way to prevent it from being misused for military purposes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, writers and actors have expressed worries about their work being misused to train AI models.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Phillips, who was Talley’s predecessor as Collins’ chief of staff, is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations that he hired his girlfriend for a no-show job and otherwise misused official funds.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

Maybe yesterday was all a dream, or maybe the power has left me since I misused it?

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The judge ordered Guo to forfeit $889 million following his July 2024 felony conviction for misusing followers’ funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Mr. Wai was also found guilty of misconduct in public office for misusing government computer systems to search for sensitive information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has contributed to The New York Times, PBS, and Al Jazeera English, was arrested on March 3 for allegedly spreading false information, harming national security and misusing his mobile phone.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

Jonas remembered, suddenly and grimly, the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry