abuse
Example Sentences
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These workers “are often subject to workplace abuse and retaliation by their employers that is based on and/or facilitated by those workers’ lack of an authorized immigration status,” the institute says.
From MarketWatch
The former royal has denied the abuse allegations and didn’t respond to requests for comment.
"We wanted to show it was soft and squishy enough. It can really suffer a lot of different abuses."
From BBC
A watchful press slows this process, sometimes stops it, by exposing its abuses.
The process is designed to make sure those being vetted are unlikely to abuse their access to secret material, or be subject to blackmail or bribery.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
