misemploy
Americanverb (used with object)
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All trust in constitutions is grounded on the assurance they may afford, not that the depositaries of power will not, but that they can not misemploy it.
From Considerations on Representative Government by Mill, John Stuart
But the Scottish Solomon who was on the alert, added another law restraining its cultivation 'to misuse and misemploy the soil of this fruitful Kingdom.'
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
To turn one of his colonels into my Spanish master would be seriously to misemploy his precious time.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
If any modern author had written this, our critics would have guessed he had learned from some of the Quakers to misemploy thee for thou.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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