Abuse

  • 41abuse — 1. noun /əˈbjuːs,əˈbjus/ a) Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. b) Physical or verbal …

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  • 42abuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter… …

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  • 43abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …

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  • 44abuse — I From the Latin, ab and utor;” to injure; to diminish in value; to wear away by using improperly. To wrong in speech, reproach coarsely, disparage, revile, malign. Campf v State, 80 Ohio St 321, 88 NE 887. II Ill treatment by physical means or… …

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  • 45abuse — ● np. ►MAIL Nom d une BAL standard (définie par je ne sais plus quelle RFC), que tout serveur de courrier devrait reconnaître. Elle doit être préférentiellement utilisée pour se plaindre des éventuels abus perpétrés par les utilisateurs du… …

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  • 46abuse — v 1. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, Inf. shaft, Inf. give [s.o.] the shaft, disrespect, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. kick [s.o.] around; profane, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of, walk all… …

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  • 47Abuse of distress — Abuse A*buse , n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See {Abuse}, v. t.] 1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48abuse of process — abuse of process: the tort of bringing and following through with a civil or criminal action for a purpose known to be different from the purpose for which the action was designed compare malicious prosecution Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …

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  • 49abuse of discretion — abuse of discretion: an error of judgment by a trial court in making a ruling that is clearly unreasonable, erroneous, or arbitrary and not justified by the facts or the law applicable in the case compare clearly erroneous Merriam Webster’s… …

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  • 50abuse excuse — A type of self defense claim with which defendants seek to justify their actions by proving that they were subjected to years of prolonged child or spousal abuse. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English …

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