abuse

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noun

1 wrong/bad use of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ alcohol, drug, solvent, substance (= drugs, etc.)

▪ systematic, widespread

▪ flagrant

VERB + ABUSE

▪ prevent, stop

▪ investigate, report

▪ be open to

▪ The legal system is open to abuse.

PREPOSITION

▪ abuse of

▪ abuse of prisoners

PHRASES

▪ the abuse of power

2 bad, usually violent treatment of sb

ADJECTIVE

▪ emotional, physical, psychological, sex, sexual

▪ child, elder (esp. AmE), prisoner, spousal (esp. AmE)

▪ victims of child abuse

▪ human rights abuses

▪ allegations of human rights abuses

▪ alleged, suspected

… OF ABUSE

▪ case

▪ six cases of suspected child abuse

VERB + ABUSE

▪ commit

▪ subject sb to

▪ She was subjected to regular sexual abuse.

▪ experience, suffer, take

▪ The child had taken a lot of emotional abuse.

▪ allege, suspect sb of

ABUSE + VERB

▪ happen, occur, take place

ABUSE + NOUN

▪ victim

PHRASES

▪ an allegation of abuse

▪ allegations of child abuse

▪ a perpetrator of abuse

▪ a victim of abuse

3 insulting words

ADJECTIVE

▪ verbal

▪ personal, racial (esp. BrE), racist

… OF ABUSE

▪ stream, torrent

▪ He was subjected to a torrent of personal abuse.

VERB + ABUSE

▪ hurl, scream, shout, shower sb with, subject sb to

▪ endure

▪ They had to endure continual racist abuse.

PHRASES

▪ heap abuse on sb/sth

▪ Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals.

▪ a target for abuse, a target of abuse

▪ The team who lost became a target of abuse for angry fans.

▪ a term of abuse

▪ Calling someone stupid is definitely a term of abuse.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, verbally

▪ All the children had been physically and emotionally abused.

▪ badly, severely

Abuse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alcohol, ↑authority, ↑child, ↑cocaine, ↑hospitality, ↑power, ↑privilege, ↑substance, ↑trust, ↑woman

Synonyms:

Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, dishonor, profane, pollute, make an ill use of, deceive, impose on, betray, cajole, seduce by cajolery, Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, dishonor, dishonoring, profanation, prostitution, desecration, pollution, perversion, ill-use / Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment / Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, inveigh against, carp at, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, betongue, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, pasquinade, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, calumniate, treat with contumely, pour contumely on, Corrupt practice, malfeasance, malversation / Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour, Vituperation, railing, reviling, vilification, defamation, aspersion, disparagement, rating, upbraiding, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, foul invective, rude reproach, billingsgate

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abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics … Law dictionary
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abuse — abuse; dis·abuse; … English syllables

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