misuse
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In its online advice, the RAC added: "Misuse of a car horn is illegal and can result in fines for the driver and owner of the vehicle."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Shila Bodmer, Leroy and Bonner have been charged with conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
He was arrested under the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, according to the police statement.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The police said that the boy had been arrested "on suspicion of offences under Sections 1, 2 and 3A of the Computer Misuse Act 1990".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Pels furthermore came forward as the censor of letters and satirist of barbarism in Horace’s Art of Poetry expounded, in 1677, and in his Use and Misuse of the Stage, in 1681.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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