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We have spotted ABUSE (5 Letters) a total of 16 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with ABUSE and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
• To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
• To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
• To dishonor.
• To violate; to ravish.
• To deceive; to impose on.
• 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 abuse of language.
• Physical ill treatment; injury.
• A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
• Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
• Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

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