misused
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If you were found to have acted recklessly with her money or investments, engaged in self-dealing, or otherwise misused estate or trust assets, you could face serious legal consequences.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Nevertheless, he does not deny that Flock has been misused by members of law enforcement.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A group of seven states also challenged the TotalEnergies agreement in court, arguing that the deal misused government funds and failed to follow proper administrative procedures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Regression analysis, which attempts to relate the values of quantity X to those of quantity Y, is a very important tool in statistics but is frequently misused.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
