abuse
verb (used with object)
to use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
abuser
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a word derived from
abuse.
Example Sentences
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"It's about deliberately making sure that when a woman tries to leave an abuser that she can afford to," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing involving the late disgraced financier and convicted sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein, a onetime acquaintance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Todo, who said he had been attacked online "as a robot abuser", visited Unitree in China last year to excuse himself for the unconventional treatment of their device.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Still, it’s bothersome that a world-famous abuser was among the cohort who’ve been misreading and misrepresenting Nabokov’s “love affair with the English language” since its release.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
There's Lang the detector, and Coleman the hector, And Noah the protector and judge of the Jews, And King the accuser, and Stone the abuser, And Grim the confuser of morals and news.
From Poems by George Pope Morris
