Definition

Examples

• "Have you been abusing your powers as a ruthless dictator, tyrannical tyrant or cruel despot?"
• "I'm not one to hedge the issue, so I will simply come out and say it: several of you have abused our copier and as a direct result of your abuse, brought it to an untimely end."
• "You've only been alive for a matter of months, but I've already had reports of public indecency, aggressive lullaby singing, diaper throwing, tummy aches, temper tantrums, loud crying and some very serious accusations of milk abuse."
• "The company, at the center of hundreds of scandals in the last 10 years, ranging from illegal bear hunts to monkey abuse to laboratory explosions, just can't seem to get their act together."
• "I've got the barbershop blues, I was abused"
• "In the Sports section, stories of steroid abuse."
• "I telephoned to cancel the vacation, and all I received was abuse!"
• "I refuse to excuse this abuse!"
• "Brian : No, I've been a victim of racist abuse!"
• "Is it true that Delavigne is currently under investigation by the California Animal Rights Organization, following anonymous reports of monkey abuse?"
• "I'm not one to hedge the issue, so I will simply come out and say it: several of you have abused our copier and as a direct result of your abuse, brought it to an untimely end."
• "Delavigne doesn't pay me enough to deal with this kind of abuse."
• "Susie : In 1999, it was revealed that the company was guilty of labor abuses in Indonesia, Vietnam, and China."